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+import shapefile

+from json import dumps

+

+sf = shapefile.Reader("pyshp/shapefiles/blockgroups")

+

+fields = sf.fields[1:]

+field_names = [field[0] for field in fields]

+

+buffer = []

+for sr in sf.shapeRecords():

+   atr = dict(zip(field_names, sr.record))

+

+   geom = sr.shape.__geo_interface__

+   buffer.append(dict(type="Feature", geometry=geom, properties=atr)) 

+

+geojson = open("pyshp-demo.geojson", "w")

+geojson.write(dumps({"type": "FeatureCollection",\

+"features": buffer}, indent=2) + "\n")

+geojson.close()