python pickle store data 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: save a file as a pickle

with open('mypickle.pickle', 'wb') as f:
    pickle.dump(some_obj, f)

# note that this will overwrite any existing file
# in the current working directory called 'mypickle.pickle'