def DocFromModels(rest_id, menu_id):
# try:
rest = Restaurant.get_by_id(rest_id)
menu = Menu.get_by_id(menu_id)
ui_profile = UIProfile.get_by_menu(menu)
menuitems = MenuItem.get_by_menu(menu)
grab_vars = lambda item: deepcopy(vars(item)["_entity"])
obj = {}
obj["menu_id"] = menu.menu_id
obj["restaurant_id"] = rest.restaurant_id
obj["restaurant_name"] = rest.name
obj["menu_name"] = menu.name
obj["ui_profile"] = grab_vars(ui_profile)
obj["ui_profile"]["menu"] = "null"
obj["menuitems"] = {}
for menuitem in menuitems:
category = menuitem.category
menu_item_dict = grab_vars(menuitem)
menu_item_dict["menu"] = "null"
if obj["menuitems"].has_key(category):
obj["menuitems"][category].append(menu_item_dict)
else:
obj["menuitems"][category] = [menu_item_dict]
return json.dumps(obj)
