Function TypedDict

Lib/typing.py:3273–3354

A simple typed namespace. At runtime it is equivalent to a plain dict. TypedDict creates a dictionary type such that a type checker will expect all instances to have a certain set of keys, where each key is associated with a value of a consistent type. This expectation is not checke

(typename, fields=_sentinel, /, *, total=True)

def TypedDict(typename, fields=_sentinel, /, *, total=True):
    """A simple typed namespace. At runtime it is equivalent to a plain dict.

    TypedDict creates a dictionary type such that a type checker will expect all
    instances to have a certain set of keys, where each key is
    associated with a value of a consistent type. This expectation
    is not checked at runtime.

    Usage::

        >>> class Point2D(TypedDict):
        ...     x: int
        ...     y: int
        ...     label: str
        ...
        >>> a: Point2D = {'x': 1, 'y': 2, 'label': 'good'}  # OK
        >>> b: Point2D = {'z': 3, 'label': 'bad'}           # Fails type check
        >>> Point2D(x=1, y=2, label='first') == dict(x=1, y=2, label='first')
        True

    The type info can be accessed via the Point2D.__annotations__ dict, and
    the Point2D.__required_keys__ and Point2D.__optional_keys__ frozensets.
    TypedDict supports an additional equivalent form::

        Point2D = TypedDict('Point2D', {'x': int, 'y': int, 'label': str})

    By default, all keys must be present in a TypedDict. It is possible
    to override this by specifying totality::

        class Point2D(TypedDict, total=False):
            x: int
            y: int

    This means that a Point2D TypedDict can have any of the keys omitted. A type
    checker is only expected to support a literal False or True as the value of
    the total argument. True is the default, and makes all items defined in the
    class body be required.

    The Required and NotRequired special forms can also be used to mark
    individual keys as being required or not required::

        class Point2D(TypedDict):
            x: int               # the "x" key must always be present (Required is the default)
            y: NotRequired[int]  # the "y" key can be omitted

    See PEP 655 for more details on Required and NotRequired.

    The ReadOnly special form can be used
    to mark individual keys as immutable for type checkers::

        class DatabaseUser(TypedDict):
            id: ReadOnly[int]  # the "id" key must not be modified
            username: str      # the "username" key can be changed

    """
    if fields is _sentinel or fields is None:
        import warnings