vdf

import vdf from collections import OrderedDict vdf_text = '"Config" { "Key1" "Value1" "Key2" "Value2" "Key1" "AnotherValue" }' # Deserialize VDF text to a Python dictionary (loses duplicate keys prior to Python 3.7) data_dict = vdf.loads(vdf_text) print(f"Standard dict (may lose duplicates): {data_dict}") # Deserialize VDF text preserving order and handling duplicates with VDFDict data_vdfdict = vdf.loads(vdf_text, mapper=vdf.VDFDict) print(f"VDFDict (preserves order and duplicates): {data_vdfdict}") print(f"Accessing a duplicated key in VDFDict: {data_vdfdict['Config']['Key1']}") # Returns a list # Serialize a Python dictionary to VDF text output_dict = {'Game': {'Name': 'MyGame', 'Version': '1.0'}} vdf_output = vdf.dumps(output_dict, pretty=True) print(f"\nSerialized VDF:\n{vdf_output}") # Example of binary VDF (requires bytes input/output) # For demonstration, we'll simulate binary data. binary_vdf_bytes = b'\x00Config\x00\x00Key1\x00Value1\x00\x00Key2\x00Value2\x00\x08' binary_data = vdf.binary_loads(binary_vdf_bytes) print(f"\nDeserialized binary VDF: {binary_data}") # Example of VBKV (ValueBinaryKeyValue) with header and CRC checking # This often requires specific bytes patterns for actual Valve files. # For a real scenario, vbkv_bytes would come from a file. # Here, we'll just demonstrate the call. # try: # vbkv_data = vdf.vbkv_loads(b'some_vbkv_bytes_with_header_and_crc') # print(f"Deserialized VBKV: {vbkv_data}") # except Exception as e: # print(f"VBKV deserialization error (expected if bytes are not valid): {e}")