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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8c6c8f --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +[![Build Status](https://github.com/hukkin/tomli-w/workflows/Tests/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/hukkin/tomli-w/actions?query=workflow%3ATests+branch%3Amaster+event%3Apush) +[![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/gh/hukkin/tomli-w/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/hukkin/tomli-w) +[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/tomli-w)](https://pypi.org/project/tomli-w) + +# Tomli-W + +> A lil' TOML writer + +**Table of Contents** *generated with [mdformat-toc](https://github.com/hukkin/mdformat-toc)* + +<!-- mdformat-toc start --slug=github --maxlevel=6 --minlevel=2 --> + +- [Intro](#intro) +- [Installation](#installation) +- [Usage](#usage) + - [Write to string](#write-to-string) + - [Write to file](#write-to-file) +- [FAQ](#faq) + - [Does Tomli-W sort the document?](#does-tomli-w-sort-the-document) + - [Does Tomli-W support writing documents with comments or custom whitespace?](#does-tomli-w-support-writing-documents-with-comments-or-custom-whitespace) + - [Why does Tomli-W not write a multi-line string if the string value contains newlines?](#why-does-tomli-w-not-write-a-multi-line-string-if-the-string-value-contains-newlines) + - [Is Tomli-W output guaranteed to be valid TOML?](#is-tomli-w-output-guaranteed-to-be-valid-toml) + +<!-- mdformat-toc end --> + +## Intro<a name="intro"></a> + +Tomli-W is a Python library for writing [TOML](https://toml.io). +It is a write-only counterpart to [Tomli](https://github.com/hukkin/tomli), +which is a read-only TOML parser. +Tomli-W is fully compatible with [TOML v1.0.0](https://toml.io/en/v1.0.0). + +## Installation<a name="installation"></a> + +```bash +pip install tomli-w +``` + +## Usage<a name="usage"></a> + +### Write to string<a name="write-to-string"></a> + +```python +import tomli_w + +doc = {"table": {"nested": {}, "val3": 3}, "val2": 2, "val1": 1} +expected_toml = """\ +val2 = 2 +val1 = 1 + +[table] +val3 = 3 + +[table.nested] +""" +assert tomli_w.dumps(doc) == expected_toml +``` + +### Write to file<a name="write-to-file"></a> + +```python +import tomli_w + +doc = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "pi": 3} +with open("path_to_file/conf.toml", "wb") as f: + tomli_w.dump(doc, f) +``` + +## FAQ<a name="faq"></a> + +### Does Tomli-W sort the document?<a name="does-tomli-w-sort-the-document"></a> + +No, but it respects sort order of the input data, +so one could sort the content of the `dict` (recursively) before calling `tomli_w.dumps`. + +### Does Tomli-W support writing documents with comments or custom whitespace?<a name="does-tomli-w-support-writing-documents-with-comments-or-custom-whitespace"></a> + +No. + +### Why does Tomli-W not write a multi-line string if the string value contains newlines?<a name="why-does-tomli-w-not-write-a-multi-line-string-if-the-string-value-contains-newlines"></a> + +This default was chosen to achieve lossless parse/write round-trips. + +TOML strings can contain newlines where exact bytes matter, e.g. + +```toml +s = "here's a newline\r\n" +``` + +TOML strings also can contain newlines where exact byte representation is not relevant, e.g. + +```toml +s = """here's a newline +""" +``` + +A parse/write round-trip that converts the former example to the latter does not preserve the original newline byte sequence. +This is why Tomli-W avoids writing multi-line strings. + +A keyword argument is provided for users who do not need newline bytes to be preserved: + +```python +import tomli_w + +doc = {"s": "here's a newline\r\n"} +expected_toml = '''\ +s = """ +here's a newline +""" +''' +assert tomli_w.dumps(doc, multiline_strings=True) == expected_toml +``` + +### Is Tomli-W output guaranteed to be valid TOML?<a name="is-tomli-w-output-guaranteed-to-be-valid-toml"></a> + +No. +If there's a chance that your input data is bad and you need output validation, +parse the output string once with `tomli.loads`. +If the parse is successful (does not raise `tomli.TOMLDecodeError`) then the string is valid TOML. |