Python dataclass from a nested dict

Question

The standard library in 3.7 can recursively convert a dataclass into a dict (example from the docs):

from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
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Answer 1

undictify is a library which could be of help. Here is a minimal usage example:

import json
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import List, NamedTuple, Optional, Any

from undictify import type_checked_constructor


@type_checked_constructor(skip=True)
@dataclass
class Heart:
    weight_in_kg: float
    pulse_at_rest: int


@type_checked_constructor(skip=True)
@dataclass
class Human:
    id: int
    name: str
    nick: Optional[str]
    heart: Heart
    friend_ids: List[int]


tobias_dict = json.loads('''
    {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Tobias",
        "heart": {
            "weight_in_kg": 0.31,
            "pulse_at_rest": 52
        },
        "friend_ids": [2, 3, 4, 5]
    }''')

tobias = Human(**tobias_dict)