added binary support in dictionaries via base64 encoding

capnp/lib/capnp.pyx

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import array
 import asyncio
 import collections as _collections
 import contextlib
+import base64
 import enum as _enum
 import inspect as _inspect
 import os as _os
@@ -969,17 +970,17 @@ cdef _DynamicStructBuilder temp_msg_b
 cdef _DynamicStructReader temp_msg_r
 
 
-cdef _to_dict(msg, bint verbose, bint ordered):
+cdef _to_dict(msg, bint verbose, bint ordered, bint encode_bytes_as_base64=False):
     msg_type = type(msg)
     if msg_type is _DynamicListBuilder:
         temp_list_b = msg
-        return [_to_dict(temp_list_b._get(i), verbose, ordered) for i in range(len(msg))]
+        return [_to_dict(temp_list_b._get(i), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64) for i in range(len(msg))]
     elif msg_type is _DynamicListReader:
         temp_list_r = msg
-        return [_to_dict(temp_list_r._get(i), verbose, ordered) for i in range(len(msg))]
+        return [_to_dict(temp_list_r._get(i), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64) for i in range(len(msg))]
     elif msg_type is _DynamicResizableListBuilder:
         temp_list_rb = msg
-        return [_to_dict(temp_list_rb._get(i), verbose, ordered) for i in range(len(msg))]
+        return [_to_dict(temp_list_rb._get(i), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64) for i in range(len(msg))]
 
     if msg_type is _DynamicStructBuilder or isinstance(msg, _Request):
         temp_msg_b = msg
@@ -989,13 +990,13 @@ cdef _to_dict(msg, bint verbose, bint ordered):
             ret = {}
         try:
             which = temp_msg_b.which()
-            ret[which] = _to_dict(temp_msg_b._get(which), verbose, ordered)
+            ret[which] = _to_dict(temp_msg_b._get(which), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
         except KjException:
             pass
 
         for field in temp_msg_b.schema.non_union_fields:
             if verbose or temp_msg_b._has(field):
-                ret[field] = _to_dict(temp_msg_b._get(field), verbose, ordered)
+                ret[field] = _to_dict(temp_msg_b._get(field), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
 
         return ret
     elif msg_type is _DynamicStructReader or isinstance(msg, _Response):
@@ -1006,13 +1007,13 @@ cdef _to_dict(msg, bint verbose, bint ordered):
             ret = {}
         try:
             which = temp_msg_r.which()
-            ret[which] = _to_dict(temp_msg_r._get(which), verbose, ordered)
+            ret[which] = _to_dict(temp_msg_r._get(which), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
         except KjException:
             pass
 
         for field in temp_msg_r.schema.non_union_fields:
             if verbose or temp_msg_r._has(field):
-                ret[field] = _to_dict(temp_msg_r._get(field), verbose, ordered)
+                ret[field] = _to_dict(temp_msg_r._get(field), verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
 
         return ret
 
@@ -1022,6 +1023,10 @@ cdef _to_dict(msg, bint verbose, bint ordered):
     if msg_type is _DynamicEnum:
         return str(msg)
 
+    if encode_bytes_as_base64 and msg_type is bytes:
+        # encode the message as base64 and return utf-8 string
+        return base64.b64encode(msg).decode('utf-8')
+
     return msg
 
 
@@ -1234,8 +1239,8 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructReader:
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s reader %s>' % (self.schema.node.displayName, <char*>strStructReader(self.thisptr).cStr())
 
-    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False):
-        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered)
+    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False, encode_bytes_as_base64=False):
+        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
 
     cpdef as_builder(self, num_first_segment_words=None):
         """A method for casting this Reader to a Builder
@@ -1618,12 +1623,18 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructBuilder:
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s builder %s>' % (self.schema.node.displayName, <char*>strStructBuilder(self.thisptr).cStr())
 
-    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False):
-        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered)
+    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False, encode_bytes_as_base64=False):
+        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
 
     def from_dict(self, dict d):
         for key, val in d.iteritems():
             if key != 'which':
+                field = self.schema.fields.get(key)
+                if isinstance(val, str):
+                    dtype = field.proto.slot.type.which()
+                    if dtype == "data":
+                        # decode bytes from utf-8 base64 encoding
+                        val = base64.b64decode(val)
                 try:
                     self._set(key, val)
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -1703,8 +1714,8 @@ cdef class _DynamicStructPipeline:
     # def __repr__(self):
     #     return '<%s reader %s>' % (self.schema.node.displayName, strStructReader(self.thisptr).cStr())
 
-    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False):
-        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered)
+    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False, encode_bytes_as_base64=False):
+        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
 
 
 cdef class _DynamicOrphan:
@@ -2086,8 +2097,8 @@ cdef class _RemotePromise:
     def __dir__(self):
         return list(set(self.schema.fieldnames + tuple(dir(self.__class__))))
 
-    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False):
-        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered)
+    def to_dict(self, verbose=False, ordered=False, encode_bytes_as_base64=False):
+        return _to_dict(self, verbose, ordered, encode_bytes_as_base64)
 
     cpdef cancel(self):
         self.thisptr = Own[RemotePromise]()

test/test_blob_to_dict_base64.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os
+import capnp
+import base64
+import pytest
+
+this_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def blob_schema():
+    return capnp.load(os.path.join(this_dir, "blob_test.capnp"))
+
+
+def test_blob_to_dict(blob_schema):
+    blob_value = b"hello world"
+    blob = blob_schema.BlobTest(blob=blob_value)
+    blob_dict = blob.to_dict(encode_bytes_as_base64=True)
+    assert base64.b64decode(blob_dict["blob"]) == blob_value
+    msg = blob_schema.BlobTest.new_message()
+    msg.from_dict(blob_dict)
+    assert blob.blob == blob_value