serde 0.1.2

A framework for serializing and deserializing Python objects.

Serde is a general-purpose, extendable framework for serializing and deserializing Python objects. Objects are defined with a Model schema and can be converted to and from dictionaries and other data formats. Input values can be validated with arbitrary functions.

Installing

Install this package with

pip install serde

Example usage

First describe your data

class Version(Model):
    major = Integer()
    minor = Integer()
    patch = Integer(required=False, default=0)

class Package(Model):
    name = String(rename='packageName')
    version = ModelField(Version)

Easily instantiate and use a model

package = Package('requests', Version(2, 19, 1))

assert package.name == 'requests'
assert package.version.major == 2
assert package.version.minor == 19
assert package.version.patch == 1

Serialize the Model as a dictionary

assert package.to_dict() == {
    'packageName': 'requests',
    'version': {
        'major': 2,
        'minor': 19,
        'patch': 1
    }
}

Deserialize another Model from a dictionary

package = Package.from_dict({
    'packageName': 'click',
    'version': {
        'major': 7,
        'minor': 0
    }
})

assert package.name == 'click'
assert package.version.major == 7
assert package.version.minor == 0
assert package.version.patch == 0

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.