Escape Reserved Keywords Python

Question

I am using ZEEP to connect to NetSuite. One of the parameters that I need to pass to NS when creating the invoice is 'class'. If I understand correctly, the reason the following line does not compile is because 'class' is a reserved keyword.

invoice = invoiceType(
    customFieldList = customFieldList,
    entity = entityRecord,
    subsidiary = subRecord,
    department = departmentRecord,
    location = locationRecord,
    class = classRecord
)

I don't have the option to change the last parameter from say 'class' to 'Class' or something else, since this is what NetSuite expects the parameter to be called. Are there any alternatives that I can use in python? Is there a way to escape this while passing it as a parameter?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 03 '19 at 22:40

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You'll need to use the **{...} syntax to pass a keyword argument whose name is a reserved word.

invoice = invoiceType(
              customFieldList=customFieldList, 
              entity=entityRecord,
              subsidiary=subRecord,
              department=departmentRecord,
              location=locationRecord,
              **{'class': classRecord}
           )

What this is doing is creating a dictionary with a key called 'class' and then unrolling the dictionary into an argument so you never have to specify the literal class keyword.

edited Mar 03 '19 at 22:40

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answered Mar 03 '19 at 22:38

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Weird how one would make the argument be class... – GeeTransit Mar 03 '19 at 22:42
Indeed; it's pretty poor API design for the Python wrapper. – chepner Mar 03 '19 at 22:45
@chepner - Ty For the quick response. It looks like the answer worked. – tkansara Mar 03 '19 at 22:45

Escape Reserved Keywords Python

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