def create_entity_using_keyword_arguments(user_dict, userid, entries=1):
user = Account()
# logging.info("USer obj looks like {}".format(dict(user_dict)))
# user_dict = {unicode(k).encode("utf-8"): unicode(v).encode("utf-8") for k,v in dict(user_dict).iteritems()}
if user_dict["last_name"]:
user.username = user_dict["first_name"] + " " + user_dict["last_name"]
else:
user.username = user_dict["first_name"]
user.userid = userid
user.entries = entries
# user.phone_no = user_dict["phone_number"]
return user
