ion-python | A Python implementation of Amazon Ion

Install using pip with the following command. Start with the simpleion module, which provides four APIs (dump, dumps, load, loads) that will be familiar to users of Python's built-in JSON parsing module. Simpleion module's performance is improved by an optional C extension. For additional examples, consult the cookbook.
This repository contains two git submodules. ion-tests holds test data used by ion-python's unit tests and ion-c speeds up ion-python's simpleion module. The easiest way to clone the ion-python repository and initialize its ion-tests submodule is to run the following command. Alternatively, the submodule may be initialized independently from the clone by running the following commands.
In order to verify that all platforms we support work with Ion Python, we use a combination of tox with pyenv. We recommend that you use tox within a virtual environment to isolate from whatever is in the system installed Python (requirements.txt installs tox).