ddict 0.1.3

Dict class with dot notation (like attributes) for accessing nested values

DotAccessDict

DotAccessDict class can handle nested dictionaries with arbitray number of dicts and lists, nested inside each other.

Usage:

>>> from ddict import DotAccessDict
>>> d = DotAccessDict()
>>> d
{}
>>> d.person
{}
>>> d.person.name = 'Jack'
>>> d
{'person': {'name': 'Jack'}}
>>> d['person']['name']
'Jack'
>>> d['person'].name
'Jack'
>>> d.person['name']
'Jack'
>>> joe = dict(name='Joe', age=18)
>>> d.person.brothers = [joe, 'John', 'Pat']
>>> d.person.brothers[0].age
18
>>> d.get('person.brothers[1]')
'John'
>>> d.set('person.brothers[2]', 'James')
>>> d.person.brothers[2]
'James'
>>> d.flatten()
{'person.brothers[0].age': 18,
 'person.brothers[0].name': 'Joe',
 'person.brothers[1]': 'John',
 'person.brothers[2]': 'James',
 'person.name': 'Jack'}

Similar works:

• https://github.com/mewwts/addict

• https://github.com/makinacorpus/easydict

• https://github.com/drgrib/dotmap