fabiocaccamo/python-benedict

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python-benedict is a Python dict subclass that adds keylist/keypath/keyattr access and normalized I/O for many formats (, yaml, toml, xml, csv, ini, plist, base64, xls, query-string, pickle, html). It also ships many dict utilities like flatten, merge, filter, traverse, and nest, while remaining 100% backward-compatible with plain dicts.

Use cases

• read and write , yaml, toml, xml, csv files as dicts
• access nested dict values with dot keypaths
• flatten and unflatten nested dictionaries
• merge and deep-update dictionaries
• load a dict from a url or file in any supported format
• convert between config formats like ini, toml, and yaml
• clean, filter, and normalize messy nested data

When to choose

• you work with deeply nested dicts and want safe keypath access
• you need to read/write many serialization formats with one consistent api
• you want dict utilities (flatten, merge, filter) without writing them yourself
• you need a drop-in dict subclass that is backward-compatible

When to avoid

• you only need simple parsing (use the stdlib)
• you need schema validation as the primary feature (use pydantic directly)
• you want immutable or typed data structures rather than a mutable dict

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization parser developer-tools developer-tools files python cross-platform dict-subclass keypath keylist io yaml toml xml csv plist base64 xls query-string utilities data-engineering

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