def test_flatten_dict(self):
self.assertEqual(
sorted(h.flatten_dict(
{"a": {"c": 1, "d": 2},
"b": {"c": 10, "d": 11, "e": 12},
"c": 20})),
[(("a", "c"), 1),
(("a", "d"), 2),
(("b", "c"), 10),
(("b", "d"), 11),
(("b", "e"), 12),
(("c", ), 20)])
def get_flattened(dct, names, path_joiner="_"):
"""Flatten a child dicts, whose resulting keys are joined by path_joiner.
E.G. { "valuation": { "currency": "USD", "amount": "100" } } ->
{ "valuation_currency": "USD", "valuation_amount": "100" }
"""
new_dct = dict()
for key, val in dct.items():
if key in names:
child = {path_joiner.join(k): v for k, v in flatten_dict(val, (key, ))}
new_dct.update(child)
else:
new_dct[key] = dct[key]
return new_dct