Simply json.dumps() => save to redis => redis.get => json.loads() => Python dict with proper data type created

savejsoninredis.py

__author__ = 'ekowibowo'
import json
import os
import redis

REDIS_HOST = os.getenv('SS_ABTEST_REDIS_HOST', '192.168.59.103')
r = redis.StrictRedis(host=REDIS_HOST)

for k in r.keys('abtest:experiments:*'):
    r.delete(k)

exp1 = {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "testExperiment",
    "device": "desktop",
    "active": False,
    "buckets": [

        {
            "name": "bucket1"
        },

        {
            "name": "bucket2"
        }
    ]
}
exp1_json_dumps = json.dumps(exp1)
print 'json.dumps:', exp1_json_dumps, ' type=', type(exp1_json_dumps)
r.set('abtest:experiments:1', exp1_json_dumps)
exp1_from_redis = r.get('abtest:experiments:1')
print 'exp1_from_redis', exp1_from_redis, ' type=', type(exp1_from_redis)
exp1_from_redis_json_loads = json.loads(exp1_json_dumps)
print 'exp1_from_redis_json_loads', exp1_from_redis_json_loads, 'type=', type(exp1_from_redis_json_loads)