sairamkrish · August 24, 2023 23:25 · Jan 23, 2019 · Jan 23, 2019
diff --git a/object_to_dict_recursive → object_to_dict_recursive.py b/object_to_dict_recursive → object_to_dict_recursive.py
diff --git a/object_to_dict_recursive b/object_to_dict_recursive
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+'''
+Generic object to dict converter. Recursively convert.
+Useful for testing and asserting objects with expectation.
+'''
+
+def todict(obj, classkey=None):
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        data = {}
+        for (k, v) in obj.items():
+            data[k] = todict(v, classkey)
+        return data
+    elif hasattr(obj, "_ast"):
+        return todict(obj._ast())
+    elif hasattr(obj, "__iter__") and not isinstance(obj, str):
+        return [todict(v, classkey) for v in obj]
+    elif hasattr(obj, "__dict__"):
+        data = dict([(key, todict(value, classkey)) 
+            for key, value in obj.__dict__.items() 
+            if not callable(value) and not key.startswith('_')])
+        if classkey is not None and hasattr(obj, "__class__"):
+            data[classkey] = obj.__class__.__name__
+        return data
+    elif isinstance(obj, datetime):
+        return obj.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z")
+    else:
+        return obj