"""A simple key/value store backed by a json file Keys need to be convertable to str Values can be anything json can store, including a dict Usage: import database with database.Database() as db: print(db.get("hello", "default")) db.set("foo", "world") db.delete("bar") Or, to make things even easier, there are three static function: import database print(database.get("hello", "default")) database.set("foo", "world") database.delete("bar") """ ___license___ = "MIT" import os, json class Database: def __init__(self, filename = "config.json"): self.filename = filename self.dirty = False try: with open(filename, "rt") as file: self.data = json.loads(file.read()) except (OSError, ValueError): print("Database %s doesn't exists or is invalid, creating new" % (filename)) self.data = {} self.dirty = True self.flush() def set(self, key, value): """Sets a value for a given key. 'key' gets converted into a string 'value' can be anything that json can store, including a dict """ self.data[key] = value self.dirty = True def get(self, key, default_value = None): """Returns the value for a given key. If key is not found 'default_value' will be returned """ return self.data[key] if key in self.data else default_value def delete(self, key): """Deletes a key/value pair""" if key in self.data: del self.data[key] self.dirty = True def flush(self): """Writes changes to flash""" if self.dirty: with open(self.filename, "wt") as file: file.write(json.dumps(self.data)) file.flush() os.sync() self.dirty = False def __enter__(self): return self def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback): self.flush() def get(key, default_value = None, *args, **kwargs): with Database(*args, **kwargs) as db: return db.get(key, default_value) def set(key, value, *args, **kwargs): with Database(*args, **kwargs) as db: return db.set(key, value) def delete(key, *args, **kwargs): with Database(*args, **kwargs) as db: return db.delete(key)