I'm trying to generate a .plist file with plistlib library, available in macOS Python 2.7.
The following code works:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from plistlib import writePlist
patches = [
{
'Arch': 'x86_64',
'Base': 'early'
},
{
'Arch': 'x86_64',
'Base': 'late'
}
]
result = [
{
'Arch': 'x86_64',
'BundlePath': 'Alpha.kext'
},
{
'Arch': 'x86_64',
'BundlePath': 'Beta.kext'
}
]
for i in patches:
result.append(dict(i))
settings = {
'Kernel': {
'Add': result
}
}
writePlist(settings, 'config.plist')
And produces a config.plist file with the content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<dict>
<key>Add</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>Alpha.kext</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>Beta.kext</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>Base</key>
<string>early</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>Base</key>
<string>late</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
However, my config.plist requires to have the patches dictionaries inside another dictionary:
<dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>Base</key>
<string>early</string>
The correct config file must look like (see lines 21 and 22 in an editor):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<dict>
<key>Add</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>Alpha.kext</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>Beta.kext</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>Base</key>
<string>early</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>x86_64</string>
<key>Base</key>
<string>late</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
How can I edit my setup.py file to produce the proper dictionary inside dictionary output? In case you wander why I split the code, is because this is a very simplified format, the actual code quite more complex. Therefore, I need a solution within the above code design. Thank you for your help.
The desired output does not look correct. Your "dictionary of dictionary" does not have a key with it. I suspect it should be something like
If so, here is how you could do that, using the key of "Patches".
Output