Python Dictionary to Pandas Dataframe

Question

How do I convert a python dictionary to a pandas data frame. This is how I currently do it which is not at all elegant.

import pandas as pd
MyDict={\'key1\':         


        

Answer 1

If you want to use loc() to access each row in the DataFrame by key then

MyDF = pd.DataFrame([v for v in MyDict.values()], columns = ['value'],
                    index = [k for k in MyDict.keys()])

MyDF then contains

       value
key2  value2
key1  value1

and

MyDF.loc['key2'].value

returns

value2

Answer 2

pd.DataFrame({'Keys': MyDict.keys(), 'Values': MyDict.values()})

returns

   Keys  Values
0  key2  value2
1  key1  value1