Drop-in API

These methods are provided as drop-in replacements to the built-in JSON module. They sacrifice some of the speed provided by the Parser interface in exchange for “just working”.

simdjson.load(fp, *, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kwargs)

Parse the JSON document in the file-like object fp and return the parsed object.

All other arguments are ignored, and are provided only for compatibility with the built-in json module.

simdjson.loads(s, *, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kwargs)

Parse the JSON document s and return the parsed object.

All other arguments are ignored, and are provided only for compatibility with the built-in json module.

Note

The dump and dumps module are currently just aliased to the built-in JSON serializer.

simdjson.dump(obj, fp, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw)

Serialize obj as a JSON formatted stream to fp (a .write()-supporting file-like object).

If skipkeys is true then dict keys that are not basic types (str, int, float, bool, None) will be skipped instead of raising a TypeError.

If ensure_ascii is false, then the strings written to fp can contain non-ASCII characters if they appear in strings contained in obj. Otherwise, all such characters are escaped in JSON strings.

If check_circular is false, then the circular reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will result in an RecursionError (or worse).

If allow_nan is false, then it will be a ValueError to serialize out of range float values (nan, inf, -inf) in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the JavaScript equivalents (NaN, Infinity, -Infinity).

If indent is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of 0 will only insert newlines. None is the most compact representation.

If specified, separators should be an (item_separator, key_separator) tuple. The default is (', ', ': ') if indent is None and (',', ': ') otherwise. To get the most compact JSON representation, you should specify (',', ':') to eliminate whitespace.

default(obj) is a function that should return a serializable version of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.

If sort_keys is true (default: False), then the output of dictionaries will be sorted by key.

To use a custom JSONEncoder subclass (e.g. one that overrides the .default() method to serialize additional types), specify it with the cls kwarg; otherwise JSONEncoder is used.

simdjson.dumps(obj, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw)

Serialize obj to a JSON formatted str.

If skipkeys is true then dict keys that are not basic types (str, int, float, bool, None) will be skipped instead of raising a TypeError.

If ensure_ascii is false, then the return value can contain non-ASCII characters if they appear in strings contained in obj. Otherwise, all such characters are escaped in JSON strings.

If check_circular is false, then the circular reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will result in an RecursionError (or worse).

If allow_nan is false, then it will be a ValueError to serialize out of range float values (nan, inf, -inf) in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the JavaScript equivalents (NaN, Infinity, -Infinity).

If indent is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of 0 will only insert newlines. None is the most compact representation.

If specified, separators should be an (item_separator, key_separator) tuple. The default is (', ', ': ') if indent is None and (',', ': ') otherwise. To get the most compact JSON representation, you should specify (',', ':') to eliminate whitespace.

default(obj) is a function that should return a serializable version of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.

If sort_keys is true (default: False), then the output of dictionaries will be sorted by key.

To use a custom JSONEncoder subclass (e.g. one that overrides the .default() method to serialize additional types), specify it with the cls kwarg; otherwise JSONEncoder is used.