Models <-> Json/Yaml

[kubernetes-client]

Models <-> Json/Yaml

[mbohlool]

I think converting models to JSON/Yaml and vice versa are both useful.

Converting models to json should be easy. Each model has a to_dict method:

import json
from kubernetes.models import V1Pod

v1Pod = ... # read it from somewhere
dic = v1Pod.to_dict()
print (json.dumps(dic))

Converting json to swagger model though is not straightforward I guess, we need to develop a utility method to do it with an interface like this:

from kubernetes import util  # maybe we would find better name than util

v1Pod = util.load(dict=v1_pod_dict)

The load method may support other parameters such as json, json_string, yaml, yaml_string, etc. to load from other sources. The util package can also have a dump or save method as an easy alternative to the above code (using to_dict)

[mbohlool]

Look like we should be able to pass a loaded json dic to an API call without any change. I will add an example for this, and if it worked, we can close this issue.