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house = {
    'living': {
        'exits': {
            'north': 'kitchen',
            'outside': 'garden',
            'upstairs': 'bedroom'
        },
        'people': ['James'],
        'capacity': 2
    },
    'kitchen': {
        'exits': {
            'south': 'living'
        },
        'people': [],
        'capacity': 1
    },
    'garden': {
        'exits': {
            'inside': 'living'
        },
        'people': ['Sue'],
        'capacity': 3
    },
    'bedroom': {
        'exits': {
            'downstairs': 'living',
            'jump': 'garden'
        },
        'people': [],
        'capacity': 1
    }
}

Save the maze with json:

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import json

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with open('maze.json', 'w') as json_maze_out:
    json_maze_out.write(json.dumps(house))

Consider the file on the disk:

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%%bash
cat 'maze.json'

{"living": {"exits": {"north": "kitchen", "outside": "garden", "upstairs": "bedroom"}, "people": ["James"], "capacity": 2}, "kitchen": {"exits": {"south": "living"}, "people": [], "capacity": 1}, "garden": {"exits": {"inside": "living"}, "people": ["Sue"], "capacity": 3}, "bedroom": {"exits": {"downstairs": "living", "jump": "garden"}, "people": [], "capacity": 1}}

and now load it into a different variable:

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with open('maze.json') as json_maze_in:
    maze_again = json.load(json_maze_in)

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maze_again

Out[6]:

{'living': {'exits': {'north': 'kitchen',
   'outside': 'garden',
   'upstairs': 'bedroom'},
  'people': ['James'],
  'capacity': 2},
 'kitchen': {'exits': {'south': 'living'}, 'people': [], 'capacity': 1},
 'garden': {'exits': {'inside': 'living'}, 'people': ['Sue'], 'capacity': 3},
 'bedroom': {'exits': {'downstairs': 'living', 'jump': 'garden'},
  'people': [],
  'capacity': 1}}

Or with YAML:

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import yaml

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with open('maze.yaml', 'w') as yaml_maze_out:
    yaml_maze_out.write(yaml.dump(house))

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%%bash
cat 'maze.yaml'

bedroom:

  capacity: 1

  exits:

    downstairs: living

    jump: garden

  people: []

garden:

  capacity: 3

  exits:

    inside: living

  people:

  - Sue

kitchen:

  capacity: 1

  exits:

    south: living

  people: []

living:

  capacity: 2

  exits:

    north: kitchen

    outside: garden

    upstairs: bedroom

  people:

  - James

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with open('maze.yaml') as yaml_maze_in:
    maze_again = yaml.safe_load(yaml_maze_in)

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maze_again

Out[11]:

{'bedroom': {'capacity': 1,
  'exits': {'downstairs': 'living', 'jump': 'garden'},
  'people': []},
 'garden': {'capacity': 3, 'exits': {'inside': 'living'}, 'people': ['Sue']},
 'kitchen': {'capacity': 1, 'exits': {'south': 'living'}, 'people': []},
 'living': {'capacity': 2,
  'exits': {'north': 'kitchen', 'outside': 'garden', 'upstairs': 'bedroom'},
  'people': ['James']}}