How to deserialize object, list and dictionary in Python with Examples

Deserialization is a process in which we retrieve objects that are serialized earlier. In Python, deserialization is known as unpickling. Python's pickle module is required to perform deserialization.

Steps to perform deserialization in Python

1. Begin your coding by importing pickle module.

   import pickle

2. Open the file in which you have saved serialized objects in binary read mode.

   inputFile = open('filename', 'rb')

3. Call pickle's load() method to obtain deserialized object it. This function takes the above-created file object as an argument. Make sure you write this statement in a try block.

   pickle.load(inputFile)

4. Repeat step 3 until all the objects are deserialized.
5. Close the file by calling close() function.

   inputFile.close()

Note: You will get EOFError exception when you try to read end of file. Don't forget to handle this exception.

Example: How to deserialize object in Python

#Python Program to deserialize object
import pickle

#Employee class
class Employee:
   #Constructor
   def __init__(self, name, empid, salary):
      self.name = name
      self.empid = empid
      self.salary = salary

#Opened the employee.dat file in read binary mode
inputFile = open('employee.dat', 'rb')
endOfFile = False #It is used to indicate end of file
while not endOfFile:
   try:
      emp = pickle.load(inputFile)
      print("Employee Name: ", emp.name)
      print("Employee ID: ", emp.empid)
      print("Employee Salary: ", emp.salary)
   except EOFError:
      #When end of file has reached EOFError will be thrown 
      #and we are setting endOfFile to True to end while loop
      endOfFile = True

inputFile.close()#Close the file

Output of the above program

Employee Name:  Keshav
Employee ID:  1
Employee Salary:  50000
Employee Name:  Madhav
Employee ID:  2
Employee Salary:  55000
Employee Name:  Govind
Employee ID:  3
Employee Salary:  45000

Example: How to deserialize dictionary in Python

#Python Program to deserialize dictionary
import pickle

inputFile = open('mobile.dat', 'rb')
endOfFile = False #It is used to indicate end of file
while not endOfFile:
   try:
      dict = pickle.load(inputFile)
      print("Brand Name: ", dict['brand'])
      print("Model: ", dict['model'])
      print("Phone price: ", dict['price'])
   except EOFError:
      #When end of file has reached EOFError will be thrown 
      #and we are setting endOfFile to True to end while loop
      endOfFile = True

inputFile.close()#Close the file

Output of the above program

Brand Name:  Samsung
Model:  Galaxy A7
Phone price:  21990

Example: How to deserialize list in Python

#Python Program to deserialize list
import pickle

inputFile = open('programming.dat', 'rb')
endOfFile = False #It is used to indicate end of file
while not endOfFile:
   try:
      list = pickle.load(inputFile)
      for language in list:
	     print(language)
   except EOFError:
      #When end of file has reached EOFError will be thrown 
      #and we are setting endOfFile to True to end while loop
      endOfFile = True

inputFile.close()#Close the file

Output of the above program

Python
Numpy
Pandas

Recommended Posts

• How to serialize object, list and dictionary in Python with Examples