jsonmodels 1.1

Models to make easier to deal with structures that are to be casted to JSON.

Models to make easier to deal with structures that are to be casted to JSON.

• Free software: BSD license

• Documentation: http://jsonmodels.rtfd.org.

Features

• Fully tested with Python 2.7, 3.4 and PyPy.

• Create Django-like models:

from jsonmodels import models, fields


class Cat(models.Base):

    name = fields.StringField(required=True)
    breed = fields.StringField()


class Dog(models.Base):

    name = fields.StringField(required=True)
    age = fields.IntField()


class Car(models.Base):

    registration_number = fields.StringField(required=True)
    engine_capacity = fields.FloatField()
    color = fields.StringField()


class Person(models.Base):

    name = fields.StringField(required=True)
    surname = fields.StringField(required=True)
    car = fields.EmbeddedField(Car)
    pets = fields.ListField([Cat, Dog])

• Access to values through attributes:

>>> cat = Cat()
>>> cat.populate(name='Garfield')
>>> cat.name
'Garfield'
>>> cat.breed = 'mongrel'
>>> cat.breed
'mongrel'

• Validate models:

>>> person = Person(name='Chuck', surname='Norris')
>>> person.validate()
None

>>> dog = Dog()
>>> dog.validate()
*** ValidationError: Field "name" is required!

• Cast models to python struct and JSON:

>>> cat = Cat(name='Garfield')
>>> dog = Dog(name='Dogmeat', age=9)
>>> car = Car(registration_number='ASDF 777', color='red')
>>> person = Person(name='Johny', surname='Bravo', pets=[cat, dog])
>>> person.car = car
>>> person.to_struct()
{
    'car': {
        'color': 'red',
        'registration_number': 'ASDF 777'
    },
    'surname': 'Bravo',
    'name': 'Johny',
    'pets': [
        {'name': 'Garfield'},
        {'age': 9, 'name': 'Dogmeat'}
    ]
}

>>> import json
>>> person_json = json.dumps(person.to_struct())

• You don’t like to write JSON Schema? Let jsonmodels do it for you:

>>> person = Person()
>>> person.to_json_schema()
{
    'additionalProperties': False,
    'required': ['surname', 'name'],
    'type': 'object',
    'properties': {
        'car': {
            'additionalProperties': False,
            'required': ['registration_number'],
            'type': 'object',
            'properties': {
                'color': {'type': 'string'},
                'engine_capacity': {'type': 'float'},
                'registration_number': {'type': 'string'}
            }
        },
        'surname': {'type': 'string'},
        'name': {'type': 'string'},
        'pets': {
            'items': {
                'oneOf': [
                    {
                        'additionalProperties': False,
                        'required': ['name'],
                        'type': 'object',
                        'properties': {
                            'breed': {'type': 'string'},
                            'name': {'type': 'string'}
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        'additionalProperties': False,
                        'required': ['name'],
                        'type': 'object',
                        'properties': {
                            'age': {'type': 'integer'},
                            'name': {'type': 'string'}
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            'type': 'list'
        }
    }
}

More

For more examples and better description see full documentation: http://jsonmodels.rtfd.org.

History

1.0.5 (2014-04-14)

• Added data transformers.

1.0.4 (2014-04-13)

• List field now supports simple types.

1.0.3 (2014-04-10)

• Fixed compatibility with Python 3.

• Fixed str and repr methods.

1.0.2 (2014-04-03)

• Added deep data initialization.

1.0.1 (2014-04-03)

• Added populate method.

1.0 (2014-04-02)

• First stable release on PyPI.

0.1.0 (2014-03-17)

• First release on PyPI.