Module field_path (2.8.0)

Utilities for managing / converting field paths to / from strings.

Field Path object for client use.

A field path is a sequence of element keys, separated by periods. Each element key can be either a simple identifier, or a full unicode string.

In the string representation of a field path, non-identifier elements must be quoted using backticks, with internal backticks and backslashes escaped with a backslash.

Create a field path from a list of nested field names.

A field path is a .-delimited concatenation of the field names. It is used to represent a nested field. For example, in the data

data = {
   'aa': {
       'bb': {
           'cc': 10,
       },
   },
}

the field path 'aa.bb.cc' represents that data stored in data['aa']['bb']['cc'].

Get a (potentially nested) value from a dictionary.

If the data is nested, for example:

>>> data
{
    'top1': {
        'middle2': {
            'bottom3': 20,
            'bottom4': 22,
        },
        'middle5': True,
    },
    'top6': b'  foo',
}

a field path can be used to access the nested data. For example:

>>> get_nested_value('top1', data)
{
    'middle2': {
        'bottom3': 20,
        'bottom4': 22,
    },
    'middle5': True,
}
>>> get_nested_value('top1.middle2', data)
{
    'bottom3': 20,
    'bottom4': 22,
}
>>> get_nested_value('top1.middle2.bottom3', data)
20

See xref_field_path for more information on field paths.

Parse a field path from into a list of nested field names.

See field_path for more on field paths.

Create a field path from a list of nested field names.

A field path is a .-delimited concatenation of the field names. It is used to represent a nested field. For example, in the data

data = {
   'aa': {
       'bb': {
           'cc': 10,
       },
   },
}

the field path 'aa.bb.cc' represents that data stored in data['aa']['bb']['cc'].

Split a field path into valid elements (without dots).