json_dump

compas.data.json_dump(data, fp, pretty=False, compact=False, minimal=False)[source]

Write a collection of COMPAS object data to a JSON file.

Parameters:

dataobject: Any JSON serializable object. This includes any (combination of) COMPAS object(s).
fppath string or file-like object: A writeable file-like object or the path to a file.
prettybool, optional: If True, format the output with newlines and indentation.
compactbool, optional: If True, format the output without any whitespace.
minimalbool, optional: If True, exclude the GUID from the JSON output.

Returns:

None

See also

compas.data.json_dumps
compas.data.json_load
compas.data.json_loads

Examples

>>> import compas
>>> from compas.geometry import Point, Vector
>>> data1 = [Point(0, 0, 0), Vector(0, 0, 0)]
>>> compas.json_dump(data1, 'data.json')
>>> data2 = compas.json_load('data.json')
>>> data1 == data2
True