Added a utility to merge objectFilters,

SoftLayer/utils.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
+import collections
 import datetime
 import re
 import time
@@ -57,6 +58,23 @@ def to_dict(self):
                 for key, val in self.items()}
 
 
+def dict_merge(dct1, dct2):
+    """Recursively merges dct2 and dct1, ideal for merging objectFilter together.
+
+    :param dct1: A dictionary
+    :param dct2: A dictionary
+    :return: dct1 + dct2
+    """
+
+    dct = dct1.copy()
+    for k, _ in dct2.items():
+        if (k in dct1 and isinstance(dct1[k], dict) and isinstance(dct2[k], collections.Mapping)):
+            dct[k] = dict_merge(dct1[k], dct2[k])
+        else:
+            dct[k] = dct2[k]
+    return dct
+
+
 def query_filter(query):
     """Translate a query-style string to a 'filter'.
 

tests/basic_tests.py

@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ def test_timezone(self):
         self.assertEqual(datetime.timedelta(0), time.dst())
         self.assertEqual(datetime.timedelta(0), time.utcoffset())
 
+    def test_dict_merge(self):
+        filter1 = {"virtualGuests": {"hostname": {"operation": "etst"}}}
+        filter2 = {"virtualGuests": {"id": {"operation": "orderBy", "options": [{"name": "sort", "value": ["DESC"]}]}}}
+        result = SoftLayer.utils.dict_merge(filter1, filter2)
+
+        self.assertEqual(result['virtualGuests']['id']['operation'], 'orderBy')
+        self.assertNotIn('id', filter1['virtualGuests'])
+        self.assertEqual(result['virtualGuests']['hostname']['operation'], 'etst')
+
 
 class TestNestedDict(testing.TestCase):