DBEX Archive

What I did

I wanted Python's json module, but made of generators. DBEX decodes and encodes JSON, and from a depth you choose it stops building values and hands back generators instead, so the deeper parts are read only when you need them. I published it on PyPI in 11th grade.

How it works

• max_depth sets the cut: the decoder returns plain values above it and generator objects (list_gen, dict_gen, tuple_gen) below it; the encoder stays a generator down to the same depth.
• Besides JSON it reads a few Python literals, such as tuples and None.
• An encryption step can be plugged into the stream.
• I also tried a Cython build of the decoder for speed.

import dbex

dec = dbex.Decoder(default_max_depth=0)
enc = dbex.Encoder(default_max_depth=0)

# with max_depth 0 these work like json.loads and json.dumps
data = dec.loads('["DBEX", [12, [3.4], 5.66], 7, null]')
text = enc.dumps(data)