Python dict conversion to kwargs

Question

I want to build a query for sunburnt(solr interface) using class inheritance and therefore adding key - value pairs together. The sunburnt interface takes keyword arguments. How can I transform a dict ({'type':'Event'}) into keyword arguments (type='Event')?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 11:55

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You can do this using dictionary unpacking:

dct = dict({'type':'Event'})

# equivalent to func(type='Event')
func(**dct)

answered Aug 01 '17 at 11:55

Jonas Adler

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What is the point of `dict()`? `{'type':'Event'}` is already a dict. – Siyuan Ren Aug 01 '17 at 11:58
Copied OPs code for his sake. – Jonas Adler Aug 01 '17 at 12:01
@SiyuanRen: It was in the original question. Maybe ask them? (ie, ask teaforthecat at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5710391/converting-python-dict-to-kwargs) – Arafangion Aug 01 '17 at 12:01

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