dictcopy 0.0.4

Dict copy

dict-copy

Extension methods for copying dictionaries

Installation

Use pip to install the package:

pip install dict-copy

Usage

This package provides some functions to copy a dict

Simple clone

from dictcopy import dictcopy


obj = {
    "name": "Jeff",
    "lastname": "Aguilar",
    "age": 28,
    "email": "[e-mail]"
}

obj1 = dictcopy.clone(obj)

Copy some values

If you want to clone the dictionary, but only with some values, you can specify them.

obj1 = dictcopy.clone(obj, {
    "name",
    "lastname",
    "email"
})

Strict mode

By default, when you specify fields that do not exist in the source dictionary, they will simply be skipped.

But, you could change this behavior by changing the strict_mode property to True. You will get a KeyError

obj1 = dictcopy.clone(obj, {
    "name",
    "lastname",
    "email",
    "ocupation"
}, strict_mode=True)

Extract values

If you want to remove some values, extract might help. will return a new dictionary with the fields removed from the source dictionary

obj1 = dictcopy.extract(obj, {
    "age",
    "email"
})

You can also apply strict mode to validate that each field exists in the source dictionary. You will get a KeyError

obj1 = dictcopy.extract(obj, {
    "age",
    "email"
}, strict_mode=True)