python: serialize a dictionary into a simple html output

Question

using app engine - yes i know all about django templates and other template engines.

Lets say i have a dictionary or a simple object, i dont know its structure and i

Answer 1

You could use pretty print (pprint)

or if you want to do some further processing of display then you have to run through the dict yourself.

Be warned that the code is crude and will require numerous refinements. Solution uses recursion too, which is bad, if the recursion depth is higher.

z = {'data':{'id':1,'title':'home','address':{'street':'some road','city':'anycity','postal':'somepostal', 'telephone':{'home':'xxx','offie':'yyy'}}}}

def printItems(dictObj, indent):
    it = dictObj.iteritems()
    for k,v in it:
        if isinstance(v, dict):
            print ' '*indent , k, ':'
            printItems(v, indent+1)
        else:
            print ' '*indent , k, ':', v

printItems(z,0)

Output:

 data :
  address :
   city : anycity
   postal : somepostal
   street : some road
   telephone :
    home : xxx
    offie : yyy
  id : 1
  title : home