How to convert an OrderedDict into a regular dict in python3

Question

I am struggling with the following problem: I want to convert an OrderedDict like this:

OrderedDict([(\'method\', \'constant\'), (\'data\', \'1.         


        

Answer 1

It is easy to convert your OrderedDict to a regular Dict like this:

dict(OrderedDict([('method', 'constant'), ('data', '1.225')]))

If you have to store it as a string in your database, using JSON is the way to go. That is also quite simple, and you don't even have to worry about converting to a regular dict:

import json
d = OrderedDict([('method', 'constant'), ('data', '1.225')])
dString = json.dumps(d)

Or dump the data directly to a file:

with open('outFile.txt','w') as o:
    json.dump(d, o)