Support casting to Dict

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2022 Robert Abram
+Copyright (c) 2022-2026 Robert Abram
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.rst

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ Data from a JSON String
 
     {"test_key": "test_value"}
 
+    data = dict(obj)
+    print(data)
+
+    {"test_key": "test_value"}
+
 Data from a python dictionary
 
 ::

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,2 +1,47 @@
-line-length = 120
-target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312', 'py313', 'py314']
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name="python-easy-json"
+version="1.2.4"
+python_requires=">=3.7"
+license="MIT"
+description="A simple, yet powerful, JSON/python dictionary to object deserialization"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Robert Abram", email = "rabram991@gmail.com" },
+]
+dependencies = [ "dateutils", ]
+requires-python = ">= 3.9"
+readme="README.rst"
+classifiers=[
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
+]
+keywords=[
+    "serialization",
+    "rest",
+    "json",
+    "api",
+    "marshal",
+    "marshalling",
+    "deserialization",
+    "schema",
+    "model",
+    "models",
+    "data"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/robabram/python-easy-json"
+Repository = "https://github.com/robabram/python-easy-json"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/robabram/python-easy-json"
+Issues = "https://github.com/robabram/python-easy-json/issues"

src/python_easy_json/json_object.py

@@ -307,3 +307,10 @@ def update(self, *args, **kwargs) -> "JSONObject":
                 setattr(self, k, v)
 
         return self
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """ Allow casting to Dict, IE: dict({JSONObject instance}) """
+        data = self.to_dict(dates_to_str=True)
+        if data:
+            for k, v in data.items():
+                yield k, v

tests/test_simple_json.py

@@ -210,3 +210,12 @@ def test_add_invalid_operand(self):
             pass
 
         self.assertFalse(hasattr(obj, 'other_prop'))
+
+    def test_cast_to_dict(self):
+        """ Test cast a JSONObject to a dict """
+        obj = JSONObject({'test_prop': 123})
+        self.assertIsInstance(obj, JSONObject)
+
+        dict1 = dict(obj)
+        dict2 = obj.to_dict(dates_to_str=True)
+        self.assertEqual(dict1, dict2)