@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

 #-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

 import shapefile

-from json import dumps

+import json

 path = "pyshp/shapefiles/blockgroups"

 sf = shapefile.Reader(path)

@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ for sr in sf.shapeRecords():

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

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

-geojson.write(dumps({"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": buffer}, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))

+geojson.write(json.dumps({"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": buffer}, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))

 geojson.close()

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@

+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

 import shapefile

 from json import dumps

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

+path = "pyshp/shapefiles/blockgroups"

+sf = shapefile.Reader(path)

 fields = sf.fields[1:]

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

@@ -14,6 +16,5 @@ for sr in sf.shapeRecords():

    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.write(dumps({"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": buffer}, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))

 geojson.close()

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@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@

+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()