msgpack python (How It Works For Developers)

Introduction

MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format that allows data exchange among multiple languages, it is similar to JSON but faster and more compact. The msgpack library in Python provides the necessary tools to work with this format, offering both CPython bindings and a pure Python implementation.

Key Features of MessagePack

1. Efficiency: MessagePack is designed to be more efficient than JSON, both in terms of speed and size. It achieves this using a binary format (msgpack spec), which reduces the overhead associated with text-based formats like JSON.
2. Cross-Language Support: MessagePack supports multiple programming languages, making it ideal for applications where data needs to be shared across different systems and languages.
3. Compatibility: The msgpack library in Python is compatible with both Python 2 and Python 3, as well as CPython and PyPy implementations.
4. Custom Data Types: MessagePack allows for the packing and unpacking of custom data types with true advanced unpacking control, which can be helpful for complex applications.

Installation

Before you can start reading and writing messagepack data, you need to install the msgpack library, which can be done using pip:

pip install msgpack

pip install msgpack

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Basic Usage

Here is a simple example of how to use MessagePack to serialize and deserialize data:

import msgpack
# Serialize key value pairs or file like object
data = {'key': 'value', 'number': 42}
packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True)
# Deserialize data
unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False)
print(unpacked_data)

import msgpack
# Serialize key value pairs or file like object
data = {'key': 'value', 'number': 42}
packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True)
# Deserialize data
unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False)
print(unpacked_data)

#Serialize key value pairs or file like object
#Deserialize data
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'import msgpack data = {'key': 'value', 'number': 42} packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=@True) unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=@False) print(unpacked_data)

Advanced Features

1. Streaming Unpacking: MessagePack supports streaming unpacking, which unpacks multiple objects from a single stream. This is useful for processing large datasets or continuous data streams.

import msgpack
from io import BytesIO
# Create a buffer
buf = BytesIO()
for i in range(100):
    buf.write(msgpack.packb(i))
buf.seek(0)
unpacker = msgpack.Unpacker(buf)
for unpacked in unpacker:
    print(unpacked)

import msgpack
from io import BytesIO
# Create a buffer
buf = BytesIO()
for i in range(100):
    buf.write(msgpack.packb(i))
buf.seek(0)
unpacker = msgpack.Unpacker(buf)
for unpacked in unpacker:
    print(unpacked)

#Create a buffer
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'import msgpack from io import BytesIO buf = BytesIO() for i in range(100): buf.write(msgpack.packb(i)) buf.seek(0) unpacker = msgpack.Unpacker(buf) for unpacked in unpacker: print(unpacked)

1. Custom Data Types: You can define custom packing and unpacking functions for custom data types. For example, to handle the datetime custom data type:

import datetime
import msgpack
# uses default sequence type
def encode_datetime(obj): # default value
    if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
        return {'__datetime__': True, 'as_str': obj.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')}
    return obj
def decode_datetime(obj):
    if '__datetime__' in obj:
        return datetime.datetime.strptime(obj['as_str'], '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')
    return obj
data = {'time': datetime.datetime.now()}
packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, default=encode_datetime)
unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, object_hook=decode_datetime)
print(unpacked_data)

import datetime
import msgpack
# uses default sequence type
def encode_datetime(obj): # default value
    if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
        return {'__datetime__': True, 'as_str': obj.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')}
    return obj
def decode_datetime(obj):
    if '__datetime__' in obj:
        return datetime.datetime.strptime(obj['as_str'], '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')
    return obj
data = {'time': datetime.datetime.now()}
packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, default=encode_datetime)
unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, object_hook=decode_datetime)
print(unpacked_data)

#uses default sequence type
import datetime import msgpack Function encode_datetime(ByVal As obj) As def
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'	'__datetime__': @True, 'as_str': obj.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')} Return obj def decode_datetime(obj): if '__datetime__' in obj: Return datetime.datetime.strptime(obj['as_str'], '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f') Return obj data = {'time': datetime.datetime.now()} packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, default=encode_datetime) unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, object_hook=decode_datetime) print(unpacked_data)

Introducing IronPDF

IronPDF is a powerful Python library designed to create, edit, and sign PDFs using HTML, CSS, images, and JavaScript. It offers commercial-grade performance with a low memory footprint. Key features include:

HTML to PDF Conversion

Convert HTML files, HTML strings, and URLs to PDFs. For example, render a webpage as a PDF using the Chrome PDF renderer.

Cross-Platform Support

Compatible with various .NET platforms, including .NET Core, .NET Standard, and .NET Framework. It supports Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Editing and Signing

Set properties, add security with passwords and permissions, and apply digital signatures to your PDFs.

Page Templates and Settings

Customize PDFs with headers, footers, page numbers, and adjustable margins. Supports responsive layouts and custom paper sizes.

Standards Compliance

Adheres to PDF standards such as PDF/A and PDF/UA. Supports UTF-8 character encoding and handles assets like images, CSS, and fonts.

Generate PDF Documents using IronPDF and msgpack

import msgpack
import datetime
from ironpdf import * 
# Apply your license key
License.LicenseKey = "key"
# Serialize data
data = {'key': 'value', 'number': 42}
packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True)
# Deserialize data
unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False)
print(unpacked_data)
#Custom Data Types
def encode_datetime(obj):
    if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
        return {'__datetime__': True, 'as_str': obj.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')}
    return obj
def decode_datetime(obj):
    if '__datetime__' in obj:
        return datetime.datetime.strptime(obj['as_str'], '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')
    return obj
datat = {'time': datetime.datetime.now()}
packed_datat = msgpack.packb(datat, default=encode_datetime)
unpacked_datat = msgpack.unpackb(packed_datat, object_hook=decode_datetime)
print(unpacked_datat)  
renderer = ChromePdfRenderer()
# Create a PDF from a HTML string using Python
content = "<h1>Awesome Iron PDF with msgpack</h1>"
content += "<h3>Serialize data</h3>"
content += "<p>"+str(data)+"</p>"
content += "<p> msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True):</p><p>"+str(packed_data)+"</p>"
content += "<h3>Deserialize data</h3>"
content += "<p> msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False):</p><p>"+str(unpacked_data)+"</p>"
content += "<h3>Encode Custom Data Types</h3>"
content += "<p>"+str(datat)+"</p>"
content += "<p>  msgpack.packb(datat, default=encode_datetime):</p><p>"+str(packed_datat)+"</p>"
pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(content)
    # Export to a file or Stream
pdf.SaveAs("Demo-msgpack.pdf")

import msgpack
import datetime
from ironpdf import * 
# Apply your license key
License.LicenseKey = "key"
# Serialize data
data = {'key': 'value', 'number': 42}
packed_data = msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True)
# Deserialize data
unpacked_data = msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False)
print(unpacked_data)
#Custom Data Types
def encode_datetime(obj):
    if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
        return {'__datetime__': True, 'as_str': obj.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')}
    return obj
def decode_datetime(obj):
    if '__datetime__' in obj:
        return datetime.datetime.strptime(obj['as_str'], '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')
    return obj
datat = {'time': datetime.datetime.now()}
packed_datat = msgpack.packb(datat, default=encode_datetime)
unpacked_datat = msgpack.unpackb(packed_datat, object_hook=decode_datetime)
print(unpacked_datat)  
renderer = ChromePdfRenderer()
# Create a PDF from a HTML string using Python
content = "<h1>Awesome Iron PDF with msgpack</h1>"
content += "<h3>Serialize data</h3>"
content += "<p>"+str(data)+"</p>"
content += "<p> msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True):</p><p>"+str(packed_data)+"</p>"
content += "<h3>Deserialize data</h3>"
content += "<p> msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False):</p><p>"+str(unpacked_data)+"</p>"
content += "<h3>Encode Custom Data Types</h3>"
content += "<p>"+str(datat)+"</p>"
content += "<p>  msgpack.packb(datat, default=encode_datetime):</p><p>"+str(packed_datat)+"</p>"
pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(content)
    # Export to a file or Stream
pdf.SaveAs("Demo-msgpack.pdf")

#Apply your license key
#Serialize data
#Deserialize data
#Custom Data Types
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If True Then
#Create a PDF from a HTML string using Python
	#Export to a file or Stream
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'	'__datetime__': @True, 'as_str': obj.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')} Return obj def decode_datetime(obj): if '__datetime__' in obj: Return datetime.datetime.strptime(obj['as_str'], '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%f') Return obj datat = {'time': datetime.datetime.now()} packed_datat = msgpack.packb(datat, default=encode_datetime) unpacked_datat = msgpack.unpackb(packed_datat, object_hook=decode_datetime) print(unpacked_datat) renderer = ChromePdfRenderer() content = "<h1>Awesome Iron PDF with msgpack</h1>" content += "<h3>Serialize data</h3>" content += "<p>"+str(data)+"</p>" content += "<p> msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True):</p><p>"+str(packed_data)+"</p>" content += "<h3>Deserialize data</h3>" content += "<p> msgpack.unpackb(packed_data, raw=False):</p><p>"+str(unpacked_data)+"</p>" content += "<h3>Encode Custom Data Types</h3>" content += "<p>"+str(datat)+"</p>" content += "<p>  msgpack.packb(datat, default=encode_datetime):</p><p>"+str(packed_datat)+"</p>" pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(content) pdf.SaveAs("Demo-msgpack.pdf")

Code Explanation

This script demonstrates the integration of msgpack with IronPDF for serializing and deserializing data, as well as creating a PDF document from HTML content.

Breakdown

1. Serializing Data with msgpack:

   • Converts Python data (dict in this case) into a binary format (packed_data) using msgpack.packb() with use_bin_type=True.

2. Deserializing Data with msgpack:

   • Converts the binary packed_data back into Python data (unpacked_data) using msgpack.unpackb() with raw=False.

3. Custom Data Types Handling:

   • Defines custom encoding (encode_datetime) and decoding (decode_datetime) functions to handle datetime objects during serialization and deserialization using msgpack.

4. HTML Content for PDF Generation:

   • Constructs an HTML string (content) that includes:

     • Header and subsections detailing the serialized data (data and packed_data).

     • Deserialized data (unpacked_data).
     • Custom data types serialization (datat and packed_datat).

5. PDF Generation with IronPDF:

   • Uses IronPDF (ChromePdfRenderer) to generate a PDF document (pdf) from the constructed HTML content (content).

6. Saving the PDF:

   • Saves the generated PDF document as "Demo-msgpack.pdf".

Output

PDF

IronPDF License

IronPDF runs on the license key for python. IronPDF python offers a free trial license key to allow users to check out its extensive features before purchase.

Place the License Key at the start of the script before using IronPDF package:

from ironpdf import * 
# Apply your license key
License.LicenseKey = "key"

from ironpdf import * 
# Apply your license key
License.LicenseKey = "key"

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Conclusion

MessagePack is a powerful tool for efficient data serialization in Python. Its compact binary format, cross-language support, and ability to handle custom data types make it a versatile choice for various applications. Whether you are working on data interchange between different systems or optimizing the performance of your data processing tasks, MessagePack offers a robust solution.

IronPDF is a versatile Python library designed for creating, manipulating, and rendering PDF documents directly from Python applications. It simplifies tasks such as converting HTML to PDF, creating interactive PDF forms, and performing various document manipulations like merging and splitting PDF files. With seamless integration into existing web technologies, IronPDF offers developers a powerful toolset for generating dynamic PDFs, enhancing productivity in document management and presentation tasks.