python: serialize a dictionary into a simple html output

Question

using app engine - yes i know all about django templates and other template engines.

Lets say i have a dictionary or a simple object, i dont know its structure and i

Answer 1

Look at my implementation:

def pretty_items(r, d, nametag="%s: ", itemtag='
%s
',
             valuetag="%s", blocktag=('
', '
')):
if isinstance(d, dict):
    r.append(blocktag[0])
    for k, v in d.iteritems():
        name = nametag % k
        if isinstance(v, dict) or isinstance(v, list):
            r.append(itemtag % name)
            pretty_items(r, v)
        else:
            value = valuetag % v
            r.append(itemtag % (name + value))
    r.append(blocktag[1])
elif isinstance(d, list):
    r.append(blocktag[0])
    for i in d:
        if isinstance(i, dict) or isinstance(i, list):
            r.append(itemtag % " - ")
            pretty_items(r, i)
        else:
            r.append(itemtag % i)
    r.append(blocktag[1])

Will output all items in HTML format using

and
• tags. And is also optional to change the tags. And then, just use CSS to handle with the indentation.