Helpers to open common file types to python data analysis, json and pickle. Great addition to your startup.ipy file in ~/.ipython/profile_default/startup/

open_files.py

import json
import pickle

def openJSON(path):
    """
    Safely opens json file at 'path'
    """

    with open(path, 'r') as File:
        data = json.load(File)

    return data
  
  
def openPickle(path):
    """
    Opens pickle file located at "path"
    
    >>> openPickle('../data.pickle')
    """

    with open(path, 'r') as open_file:
        data = pickle.load(open_file)

    return data