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marshmallow-code / marshmallow / tests / base.py View on Github

except TypeError as te:
            raise ValidationError(str(te))

    @post_load
    def make_user(self, data, **kwargs):
        return User(**data)


class UserMetaSchema(Schema):
    """The equivalent of the UserSchema, using the ``fields`` option."""

    uppername = Uppercased(attribute="name", dump_only=True)
    balance = fields.Decimal()
    is_old = fields.Method("get_is_old")
    lowername = fields.Function(get_lowername)
    species = fields.String(attribute="SPECIES")
    homepage = fields.Url()
    email = fields.Email()
    various_data = fields.Dict()

    def get_is_old(self, obj):
        if obj is None:
            return missing
        if isinstance(obj, dict):
            age = obj.get("age")
        else:
            age = obj.age
        try:
            return age > 80
        except TypeError as te:
            raise ValidationError(str(te))

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marshmallow: simplified object serialization

marshmallow is an ORM/ODM/framework-agnostic library for converting complex datatypes, such as objects, to and from native Python datatypes.

from datetime import date
from pprint import pprint

from marshmallow import Schema, fields


class ArtistSchema(Schema):
    name = fields.Str()


class AlbumSchema(Schema):
    title = fields.Str()
    release_date = fields.Date()
    artist = fields.Nested(ArtistSchema())


bowie = dict(name="David Bowie")
album = dict(artist=bowie, title="Hunky Dory", release_date=date(1971, 12, 17))

schema = AlbumSchema()
result = schema.dump(album)
pprint(result, indent=2)
# { 'artist': {'name': 'David Bowie'},
#   'release_date': '1971-12-17',
#   'title': 'Hunky Dory'}

In short, marshmallow schemas can be used to:

• Validate input data.
• Deserialize input data to app-level objects.
• Serialize app-level objects to primitive Python types. The serialized objects can then be rendered to standard formats such as JSON for use in an HTTP API.

Get It Now

$ pip install -U marshmallow

Documentation

Full documentation is available at .

Ecosystem

A list of marshmallow-related libraries can be found at the GitHub wiki here:

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