voyeur 0.1.1

Dead simple library for object serialization

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Voyeur
======

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Voyeur is an simple library to serialize an object into another object.

The goal is to create a representation that is easily `json.dumps()` friendly.

I've made it while working with datastore such as Riak, MongoDB or CouchBase where the response is a dict and
I wanted to transform it into another dict for API output.

Quickstart
----------

It's as easy as this:

.. code-block:: python

from voyeur import view

definition = {
'id': int
}

data = {
'id': '1'
}

result = view(data, definition)
assert result = {'id' : 1}

The definition is a dictionary with key/callable pairs. Voyeur will use the key to get the value from the data then apply the callable.

Using objects
-------------

That works too:

.. code-block:: python

from voyeur import view

definition = {
'id': int
'prop': int
}

class Data(object):
id = 1

@property
def prop(self):
return "12"

result = view(Data(), definition)
assert result = {'id' : 1, 'prop' : 12}


Using runtime parameters
------------------------

A callable can take any kwargs and use them

.. code-block:: python

from voyeur import view

def mycallable(value, test=None):
return "foo:%s:%s" % (value, test)

definition = {
'id': int
'prop': mycallable
}

class Data(object):
id = 1

@property
def prop(self):
return "12"

result = view(Data(), definition, test='bar')
assert result = {'id' : 1, 'prop' : 'foo:12:bar'}

More complex types
------------------

Voyeur can take a class as a callable if it inherits from :py:class:`voyeur.types.Type`. This allows building more complex serializer.

A good example is the :py:class:`voyeur.types.Type` that reads the value from a different field.

.. code-block:: python

from voyeur import view
definition = {
'field': DeferredType('anotherfield', int),
}

data = {'anotherfield': '2'}
result = view(data, definition)
assert result == {'field':2}


Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`