Dictionary Exporter

class anytree.exporter.dictexporter.DictExporter(dictcls=<class 'dict'>, attriter=None, childiter=<class 'list'>, maxlevel=None)[source]

Tree to dictionary exporter.

Every node is converted to a dictionary with all instance attributes as key-value pairs. Child nodes are exported to the children attribute. A list of dictionaries.

Keyword Arguments:

  • dictcls – class used as dictionary. dict by default.

  • attriter – attribute iterator for sorting and/or filtering.

  • childiter – child iterator for sorting and/or filtering.

  • maxlevel (int) – Limit export to this number of levels.

>>> from pprint import pprint  # just for nice printing
>>> from anytree import AnyNode
>>> from anytree.exporter import DictExporter
>>> root = AnyNode(a="root")
>>> s0 = AnyNode(a="sub0", parent=root)
>>> s0a = AnyNode(a="sub0A", b="foo", parent=s0)
>>> s0b = AnyNode(a="sub0B", parent=s0)
>>> s1 = AnyNode(a="sub1", parent=root)

>>> exporter = DictExporter()
>>> pprint(exporter.export(root))
{'a': 'root',
 'children': [{'a': 'sub0',
               'children': [{'a': 'sub0A', 'b': 'foo'}, {'a': 'sub0B'}]},
              {'a': 'sub1'}]}

The attribute iterator attriter may be used for filtering too. For example, just dump attributes named a:

>>> exporter = DictExporter(attriter=lambda attrs: [(k, v) for k, v in attrs if k == "a"])
>>> pprint(exporter.export(root))
{'a': 'root',
 'children': [{'a': 'sub0', 'children': [{'a': 'sub0A'}, {'a': 'sub0B'}]},
              {'a': 'sub1'}]}

The child iterator childiter can be used for sorting and filtering likewise:

>>> exporter = DictExporter(childiter=lambda children: [child for child in children if "0" in child.a])
>>> pprint(exporter.export(root))
{'a': 'root',
 'children': [{'a': 'sub0',
               'children': [{'a': 'sub0A', 'b': 'foo'}, {'a': 'sub0B'}]}]}
export(node)[source]

Export tree starting at node.