pickle a file python code example

Example 1: save thing in pickle python

import pickle

a = {'hello': 'world'}

with open('filename.pickle', 'wb') as handle:
    pickle.dump(a, handle, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)

with open('filename.pickle', 'rb') as handle:
    b = pickle.load(handle)

print a == b

Example 2: read pickle file

with open('filename', 'rb') as f:
    x = pickle.load(f)

Example 3: create pickle file python

import pickle
file_name='my_file.pkl'
f = open(file_name,'wb')
pickle.dump(my_data,f)
f.close()

Example 4: pickle save

import pickle

pickle.dump( favorite_color, open( "save.p", "wb" ) )
favorite_color = pickle.load( open( "save.p", "rb" ) )

Example 5: pickle.load python

import pickle
# load : get the data from file
data = pickle.load(open(file_path, "rb"))
# loads : get the data from var
data = pickle.load(var)