A small python utility which parses nested-keys in dictionaries into sub-dictionaries.
####Installation
This package can be installed from PyPI using pip. Make sure you have pip
installed then run:
$ pip install subdicts
#####Installation Using Buildout
If you're using Buildout and want to use subdicts you can do so by adding the
following lines to your buildout.cfg file:
[subdicts]
recipe = zc.recipe.egg
eggs = subdicts
and appending subdicts to your buildout:parts.
####Usage
This package has one method, subdicts.utils.parse, which does the parsing.
from subdicts.utils import parse
dict = {'person[firstname]': 'arnelle', 'person[lastname]': 'balane'}
parsed = parse(dict)
# parsed = {'person': {'firstname': 'arnelle', 'lastname': 'balane'}}
####Contributing
To contribute to this mini-project just fork this repository, clone your forked repository and run buildout inside the project directory.
$ git clone git@github.com:arnellebalane/subdicts.git
$ cd subdicts
$ ./bin/buildout
This will take care of retrieving the project's dependencies.
When contributing new code to the project, please test your code. The test files
are located inside the src/subdicts/tests directory. To run the tests simply
do:
$ ./bin/test
Merging your code into this main repository must be done through pull requests.
####Bugs and Issues
If you find any bugs and issues in this project, please report them by opening an issue here.
####Todo
- properly parse compicated dictionary keys, especially those containing inner
[and]characters (e.g.person[name[]])