Serializing Objects With the Python pickle Module (Overview)

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