kennymonster / proto

Simple Proto

A simple way to define and verify JSON protocol messages using Django style model/form definitions

Setup

cd proto
virtualenv --no-site-packages env
. env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Unit tests

cd simpleproto
nosetests

Example

Serialization

import simpleproto


class SampleMessage(simpleproto.Protocol):
    name = simpleproto.CharField()
    student = simpleproto.BooleanField()
    age = simpleproto.NumberField()
    optional = simpleproto.CharField(required=False)


s = SampleMessage(name='Bob', student=False)
s.age = 30
print s.serialize()

prints: {"age": 30, "name": "Bob", "student": false}

Deserialization

m = SampleMessage.deserialize('{"age": 30, "name": "Bob", "student": false}')
print m.name

prints: Bob