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storing and retrieving images in dictionary - python

Can anyone tell me how to store images in python dictionary (dict), and how to retrieve images from the dictionary based on the key value ?

Solution

  • It is better to store images in files and then reference them with a filename:

    pictures = {'mary': '001.jpg', 'bob', '002.jpg'}
filename = pictures['mary']
with open(filename. 'rb') as f:
    image = f.read()

    That said, if you want to store images directly in a dictionary, just add them:

    pictures = {}

with open('001.jpg', 'rb') as f:
     image = f.read()
pictures['mary'] = image

    Images aren't special, they are just data.