How to convert JSON data into a Python object?

Here is my way.

Features

• support type hints
• raise error if key is missing.
• skip extra value in data

import typing

class User:
    name: str
    age: int

    def __init__(self, data: dict):
        for k, _ in typing.get_type_hints(self).items():
            setattr(self, k, data[k])

data = {
    "name": "Susan",
    "age": 18
}

user = User(data)
print(user.name, user.age)

# Output: Susan 18

Using python 3.7, I find the following quite simple and effective. In this case, loading JSON from a file into a dictionary:

class Characteristic:
    def __init__(self, characteristicName, characteristicUUID):
        self.characteristicName = characteristicName
        self.characteristicUUID = characteristicUUID


class Service:
    def __init__(self, serviceName, serviceUUID, characteristics):
        self.serviceName = serviceName
        self.serviceUUID = serviceUUID
        self.characteristics = characteristics

class Definitions:
    def __init__(self, services):
        self.services = []
        for service in services:
            self.services.append(Service(**service))


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        prog="BLEStructureGenerator",
        description="Taking in a JSON input file which lists all of the services, "
                    "characteristics and encoded properties. The encoding takes in "
                    "another optional template services and/or characteristics "
                    "file where the JSON file contents are applied to the templates.",
        epilog="Copyright Brown & Watson International"
    )

    parser.add_argument('definitionfile',
                        type=argparse.FileType('r', encoding='UTF-8'),
                        help="JSON file which contains the list of characteristics and "
                             "services in the required format")
    parser.add_argument('-s', '--services',
                        type=argparse.FileType('r', encoding='UTF-8'),
                        help="Services template file to be used for each service in the "
                             "JSON file list")
    parser.add_argument('-c', '--characteristics',
                        type=argparse.FileType('r', encoding='UTF-8'),
                        help="Characteristics template file to be used for each service in the "
                             "JSON file list")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    definition_dict = json.load(args.definitionfile)
    definitions = Definitions(**definition_dict)