ent
ent is a basic framework for generating attribute-based data structures from dictionary-like data sources:
> from ent import Ent > obj = Ent(foo='foo', bar=None) > obj.foo u'foo' > obj.bar None
ent can contain arbitrarily-nested hierarchies, as long as every node/leaf is either a primitive type, or an ent:
> obj = Ent({
'foo': 'bar',
'list': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'inner': {
'foo': 'baz',
'bar': 'bang',
},
'ent': Ent(foo='bar'),
})
> obj.foo
u'bar'
> obj.list[2]
3
> obj.inner.foo
u'baz'
ent can be merged and diffed, and it will even enforce types when merging keys that are shared:
> ent1 = Ent(foo=1, bar=True)
> ent2 = Ent(foo='hi', bar=False, goo='win')
> Ent.merge(ent1, ent2)
<Ent {'foo': 1, 'bar': False}>
> Ent.diff(ent1, ent2)
<Ent {'bar': False}>
ent even provides a stand-in for the json and yaml modules to automatically convert to and from Ent objects and raw JSON/YAML:
> from ent import json, yaml
> json.loads('{"foo": true, "bar": null}')
<Ent {'foo': True, 'bar': None}>
> json.dumps(Ent(foo=True, bar=None))
u'{"foo": true, "bar": null}'
> yaml.safe_load('bar: null\nfoo: true\n')
<Ent {'foo': True, 'bar': None}>
> yaml.dump(Ent(foo=True, bar=None))
u'baz: 1\nfoo: bar\n'
why
When working with configs, or other content pulled from sources like JSON, it can be really annoying to need to constantly use brackets to access nested data structures.
Let’s say we have a small JSON file containing my personal profile:
{
"name": "John Reese",
"urls": {
"blog": "https://noswap.com",
"github": "https://github.com/jreese",
"facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/nucleareclipse"
}
}
Now let’s read in that data and print some of it out using the standard json module:
import json
with open(...) as f:
data = json.load(f)
name = data['name']
url = data['urls']['github']
We can do better with ent:
from ent import json
with open(...) as f:
data = json.load(f)
name = data.name
url = data.urls.github
install
ent is compatible with Python 2.7+ and Python 3.3+. You can install it from PyPI with the following command:
$ pip install ent
license
ent is copyright 2015 John Reese, and is licensed under the MIT license.
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
Release files for ent 0.3.3
For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.
Source distribution (sdist)
| File | Size | Uploaded | Provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ent-0.3.3.tar.gz | 5.5 kB | Without provenance | Details |
Release files / ent-0.3.3.tar.gz
| Download URL | ent-0.3.3.tar.gz |
|---|---|
| Size | 5.5 kB |
| Tags | Source |
|
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums |
fef020d2f7db222fee188e7b6be92c8e0c5f94029848f0a89c9dff057c3bc7bc
|
|
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums |
4f37ab1179bbd7276a25c37fc442edbb626f12e57ff69c94eaff3a84d7ae7bc0
|
| Upload date | |
|
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing? |
No |
Security for ent 0.3.3
Provenance
Provenance describes where a file came from. On PyPI, provenance is shared via attestations, which provide a verifiable record of the build or publishing details. View details, limitations and caveats.
No provenance found
None of the files in this release were uploaded with provenance metadata.
A note on package security
PyPI is a repository for distributing packages, not a service for auditing them. While third-party security researchers and our staff do their best to detect and remove malicious packages, PyPI cannot guarantee the quality, security or suitability of any given package.
