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# `bson` – BSON (Binary JSON) Encoding and Decoding

BSON (Binary JSON) encoding and decoding.

class `bson.``BSON`

  BSON (Binary JSON) data.

  `decode`(as_class=<type 'dict'>, tz_aware=False, uuid_subtype=3)

    Decode this BSON data.

    The default type to use for the resultant document is `dict`. Any other class that supports `__setitem__()` can be used instead by passing it as the as_class parameter.

    If tz_aware is `True` (recommended), any `datetime` instances returned will be timezone-aware, with their timezone set to `bson.tz_util.utc`. Otherwise (default), all `datetime` instances will be naive (but contain UTC).

    Parameters : | as_class (optional): the class to use for the resulting document tz_aware (optional): if `True`, return timezone-aware `datetime` instances

    New in version 1.9.

  classmethod `encode`(document, check_keys=False, uuid_subtype=3)

    Encode a document to a new `BSON` instance.

    A document can be any mapping type (like `dict`).

    Raises `TypeError` if document is not a mapping type, or contains keys that are not instances of `basestring` (`str` in python 3). Raises `InvalidDocument` if document cannot be converted to `BSON`.

    Parameters : | document: mapping type representing a document check_keys (optional): check if keys start with ‘$’ or contain ‘.’, raising `InvalidDocument` in either case

    New in version 1.9.

`bson.``decode_all`(data, as_class=<type 'dict'>, tz_aware=True, uuid_subtype=3)

  Decode BSON data to multiple documents.

  data must be a string of concatenated, valid, BSON-encoded documents.

  Parameters : | data: BSON data as_class (optional): the class to use for the resulting documents tz_aware (optional): if `True`, return timezone-aware `datetime` instances

  New in version 1.9.

`bson.``has_c`()

  Is the C extension installed?

  New in version 1.9.

`bson.``has_uuid`()

  Is the uuid module available?

  New in version 2.3.

`bson.``is_valid`(bson)

  Check that the given string represents valid `BSON` data.

  Raises `TypeError` if bson is not an instance of `str` (`bytes` in python 3). Returns `True` if bson is valid `BSON`, `False` otherwise.

  Parameters : | bson: the data to be validated

Sub-modules:

- `binary` – Tools for representing binary data to be stored in MongoDB
- `code` – Tools for representing JavaScript code
- `dbref` – Tools for manipulating DBRefs (references to documents stored in MongoDB)
- `errors` – Exceptions raised by the `bson` package
- `json_util` – Tools for using Python’s `json` module with BSON documents
- `max_key` – Representation for the MongoDB internal MaxKey type
- `min_key` – Representation for the MongoDB internal MinKey type
- `objectid` – Tools for working with MongoDB ObjectIds
- `son` – Tools for working with SON, an ordered mapping
- `timestamp` – Tools for representing MongoDB internal Timestamps
- `tz_util` – Utilities for dealing with timezones in Python

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