Method to_dict

src/betterproto/__init__.py:1393–1528

Returns a JSON serializable dict representation of this object. Parameters ----------- casing: :class:`Casing` The casing to use for key values. Default is :attr:`Casing.CAMEL` for compatibility purposes. include_default_values: :clas

(
        self, casing: Casing = Casing.CAMEL, include_default_values: bool = False
    )

        return cls().parse(data)

    def to_dict(
        self, casing: Casing = Casing.CAMEL, include_default_values: bool = False
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Returns a JSON serializable dict representation of this object.

        Parameters
        -----------
        casing: :class:`Casing`
            The casing to use for key values. Default is :attr:`Casing.CAMEL` for
            compatibility purposes.
        include_default_values: :class:`bool`
            If ``True`` will include the default values of fields. Default is ``False``.
            E.g. an ``int32`` field will be included with a value of ``0`` if this is
            set to ``True``, otherwise this would be ignored.

        Returns
        --------
        Dict[:class:`str`, Any]
            The JSON serializable dict representation of this object.
        """
        output: Dict[str, Any] = {}
        field_types = self._type_hints()
        defaults = self._betterproto.default_gen
        for field_name, meta in self._betterproto.meta_by_field_name.items():
            field_is_repeated = defaults[field_name] is list
            try:
                value = getattr(self, field_name)
            except AttributeError:
                value = self._get_field_default(field_name)
            cased_name = casing(field_name).rstrip("_")  # type: ignore
            if meta.proto_type == TYPE_MESSAGE:
                if isinstance(value, datetime):
                    if (
                        value != DATETIME_ZERO
                        or include_default_values
                        or self._include_default_value_for_oneof(
                            field_name=field_name, meta=meta
                        )
                    ):
                        output[cased_name] = _Timestamp.timestamp_to_json(value)
                elif isinstance(value, timedelta):
                    if (
                        value != timedelta(0)
                        or include_default_values
                        or self._include_default_value_for_oneof(
                            field_name=field_name, meta=meta
                        )
                    ):
                        output[cased_name] = _Duration.delta_to_json(value)
                elif meta.wraps:
                    if value is not None or include_default_values:
                        output[cased_name] = value
                elif field_is_repeated:
                    # Convert each item.
                    cls = self._betterproto.cls_by_field[field_name]
                    if cls == datetime:
                        value = [_Timestamp.timestamp_to_json(i) for i in value]