save_data

pyhelpers.store.save_data(data, path_to_file, err_warning=True, confirmation_required=True, **kwargs)

Save data to a file of a specific format.

Parameters

Examples:

>>> from pyhelpers.store import save_data
>>> from pyhelpers.dirs import cd
>>> from pyhelpers._cache import example_dataframe

>>> data_dir = cd("tests\data")

>>> # Get an example dataframe
>>> dat = example_dataframe()
>>> dat
            Longitude   Latitude
City
London      -0.127647  51.507322
Birmingham  -1.902691  52.479699
Manchester  -2.245115  53.479489
Leeds       -1.543794  53.797418

>>> # Save the data to files different formats:

>>> dat_pathname = cd(data_dir, "dat.pickle")
>>> save_data(dat, dat_pathname, verbose=True)
Saving "dat.pickle" to "tests\data\" ... Done.

>>> dat_pathname = cd(data_dir, "dat.csv")
>>> save_data(dat, dat_pathname, index=True, verbose=True)
Saving "dat.csv" to "tests\data\" ... Done.

>>> dat_pathname = cd(data_dir, "dat.xlsx")
>>> save_data(dat, dat_pathname, index=True, verbose=True)
Saving "dat.xlsx" to "tests\data\" ... Done.

>>> dat_pathname = cd(data_dir, "dat.txt")
>>> save_data(dat, dat_pathname, index=True, verbose=True)
Saving "dat.txt" to "tests\data\" ... Done.

>>> dat_pathname = cd(data_dir, "dat.feather")
>>> save_data(dat, dat_pathname, index=True, verbose=True)
Saving "dat.feather" to "tests\data\" ... Done.

>>> # Convert `dat` to JSON format
>>> import json

>>> dat_ = json.loads(dat.to_json(orient='index'))
>>> dat_
{'London': {'Longitude': -0.1276474, 'Latitude': 51.5073219},
 'Birmingham': {'Longitude': -1.9026911, 'Latitude': 52.4796992},
 'Manchester': {'Longitude': -2.2451148, 'Latitude': 53.4794892},
 'Leeds': {'Longitude': -1.5437941, 'Latitude': 53.7974185}}

>>> dat_pathname = cd(data_dir, "dat.json")
>>> save_data(dat_, dat_pathname, indent=4, verbose=True)
Saving "dat.json" to "tests\data\" ... Done.

See also