Application Framework Reference

App Server Utilities API

deep_update_dict()

The deep_update_dict() function recursively updates a dictionary with another dictionary. Dictionary key values in the original dictionary are recursively merged with an overlay dictionary, if it exists.

Note: The original dictionary is modified by this function.

Synopsis

newDict = deep_update_dict( original , overlay )

Parameters

Return Value

Example

from splunk.appserver.mrsparkle.lib import util
... elided ...

@route('/:namespace/*endpoint_base/:element=_element/:element_name', methods=['POST','GET'])
@expose_page(must_login=True)
def fetch_element(self, namespace, endpoint_base, element, element_name,
                    form_defaults=None, element_overlay=None, entity_name=None, eai_attributes=None):

    ... elided ...

    element = copy.deepcopy(uiHelper_flatten[element_name])
    util.deep_update_dict(element, element_overlay)

    ... elided ...