keymapper 1.0.1

Dynamic dictionary iteration tool that allows you to set and retrieve values with single key declaration

KeyMapper

KeyMapper is a subclass of the dictionary class, which allows you to:

• Assign keys and values dynamically
• Choose what delimiter you want (default is dot-notation: .)
• Access all keys and values in a single key declaration regardless of type (list, tuple, set)
• Is treated as a dict type by default
• Initializes an empty dictionary, or accepts an existing dict upon class declaration
• Great for key iteration and loops
• KeyMapper functionality is not forced on you

Installation

• You can install either via pypi:

    pip install keymapper
  

• Or, install it locally after the package has been unarchived:

    pip install -e /destination
  

Examples

Standard Dict:

from keymapper import KeyMapper

km_dict = KeyMapper()
print(km_dict)
# Prints: {} 

km_dict['key1'] = 'All the keys!'
print(km_dict)
# Prints: {'key1': 'All the keys!'}

Nested Dict:

from keymapper import KeyMapper

my_dict = {'messages': {'message_1': 'Hey there!'}}
km_dict = KeyMapper(my_dict)

# Standard
print(km_dict['messages']['message_1'])  # Prints: 'Hey there!'

# KeyMapper
print(km_dict['messages.message_1'])  # Prints: 'Hey there!'

Dict with iterables:

from keymapper import KeyMapper

my_dict = {'messages': {'message_1': 'Hey there!'}, 'objects': [{'obj1': 'Hi!'}, {'obj2': 'There!'}, {'obj3': 'Peoples!'}]}
km_dict = KeyMapper(my_dict)

# Standard
print(km_dict['objects'][1]['obj2'])  # Prints: 'There!'

# KeyMapper - does not care what type of iterable
print(km_dict['objects.1.obj2'])  # Prints: 'There!'
print(km_dict['objects.1.obj2'])  # Prints: 'There!'
print(km_dict['objects.1.obj2'])  # Prints: 'There!'

# Or don't even declare the data type
print(km_dict['objects.1.obj2'])  # Prints: 'There!'

Dict with different delimieter:

from keymapper import KeyMapper

my_dict = {'messages': {'message_1': 'Hey there!'}, 'objects': [{'obj1': 'Hi!'}, {'obj2': 'There!'}, {'obj3': 'Peoples!'}]}

km_dict = KeyMapper(my_dict, delimiter=',')

# Standard
print(km_dict['messages']['message_1'])  # Prints: 'Hey there!'

# KeyMapper with new delimeter
print(km_dict['messages,message_1'])  # Prints: 'Hey there!'

Example

from keymapper import KeyMapper

questions = ['What is your name: ', 'What is your email: ', 'What is your password: ', 'How many servers do you want to add: ', 'What is the ip: ', 'What is the port: ']
keys = ['user.name', 'user.email', 'user.password', 'servers']
config = {'user': {'name': '', 'email': '', 'password': ''}, 'servers': []}

km_dict = KeyMapper(config)

for i in range(len(questions)):
    if i < 3:
        km_dict[keys[i]] = input(questions[i])
    else:
        for r in range(int(input(questions[i]))):
            server_info = {'ip': '', 'port': ''}
            for i, k in enumerate(questions[4:]):
                if i < 1:
                    server_info['ip'] = input(k)
                else:
                    server_info['port'] = input(k)
            km_dict[keys[len(keys) - 1]].append(server_info)
        break
print(km_dict)  # Prints: ... Well, whatever you entered as your input values! Try it if you don't believe me ;)
for i in range(len(km_dict['servers'])):
    print(km_dict['servers.{}.ip'.format(i)])  # Prints the IP for each index iterated through