# Using map as a bin

**URL:** <https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/using-map-as-a-bin/146>\
**Category:** Python Client\
**Created:** [August 15, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/using-map-as-a-bin/146 "2014-08-15T23:59:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wchu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@wchu](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/wchu)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/using-map-as-a-bin/146/1 "2014-08-15T23:59:52Z")

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can I get sample code of using a bin as a map using python client?

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**Author:** ![wchu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@wchu](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/wchu)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/using-map-as-a-bin/146/2 "2014-08-16T00:02:24Z")

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Please see

> <https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-python/blob/master/examples/client/put.py>