Serializing Objects With the Python pickle Module

Joe Tatusko

As a developer, you may sometimes need to send complex object hierarchies over a network or save the internal state of your objects to a disk or database for later use. To accomplish this, you can use a process called serialization, which is fully supported by the standard library thanks to the Python pickle module.

In this course, you’ll learn:

  • What it means to serialize and deserialize an object
  • Which modules you can use to serialize objects in Python
  • Which kinds of objects can be serialized with the Python pickle module
  • How to use the Python pickle module to serialize object hierarchies
  • What the risks are when deserializing an object from an untrusted source

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About Joe Tatusko

Joe is a manufacturing engineer turned Pythonista with interests in data wrangling and visualization.

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