I am trying to parse a json MSG into a python dict.
For reference, the message is received from the Things Network with the python MQTT handler.
Here is the format I am receiving when I print the object
msg = MSG(variable_group=MSG(data0=0, data1=0, data2=0), variable2='name', variable3='num')
In its default state, I can access individual fields by msg.variable2 for example which provides 'name' but does not provide the variable name itself.
This is fine for a scenario in which I hardcode everything into my system, but I would like it to be a bit more adaptable and create new entries for variables as they come in.
Is there any way to parse this in such a way that I get both the data and the variable name?
Thanks!
EDIT:
From the input above, I would like to get a python dict containing the variable name and data.
dict =
{
variable_group : MSG(data0=0, data1=0, data2=0),
variable2 : 'name',
variable3 : 'num'
}
Currently, I can access the data via a for loop and can print the variable names if I print the entire structure, but cannot access the variable names through a looping mechanism
EDIT 2:
After doing some digging on the wrapper found the following:
def _json_object_hook(d):
return namedtuple("MSG", d.keys())(*d.values())
def json2obj(data):
return json.loads(data, object_hook=_json_object_hook)
Where the input shown above is created by passing it as 'data' to json2obj.
I am still unsure how to get a dict out of this format, haven't used object_hooks before.
解决方案
From discussion in the comments below, it appears that the MSG object is a namedtuple created on the fly out of the json object.
In a case like that you can get the fields by looking at the _fields of the object. You can dict-ify a namedtuple like this
def nt_to_dict(nt):
return {field, getattr(nt, field) for field in nt._fields}
or you could just inspect the object by trolling _fields in code and using getattr as needed