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

imagine we have this :{name: "a", children:[{name: "b", children: [] },{..},{..}]

def ConvertDictToUlLi():
    jsonResult = GetSomeRecursiveDict()

    def CreateHtml(DictItem, output):
        output = "
"+DictItem["name"] if jsonResult.has_key("name") else " "
        if len(DictItem["children"]) > 0:
           output = output + "
"
           for item in DictItem["children"]:
              output = output + "  "+CreateHtml(item, output)+"  "
           output = output + "
"
      return output+"
"
    result = "
"+CreateHtml(jsonResult, "")+"
"

return result