SQLAlchemy helper functions

help.py

# Convert nested model object to dict

def my_dict(obj):
    if not  hasattr(obj,"__dict__"):
        return obj
    result = {}
    for key, val in obj.__dict__.items():
        if key.startswith("_") and key == 'metadata':
            continue
        element = []
        if isinstance(val, list):
            for item in val:
                element.append(my_dict(item))
        else:
            element = my_dict(val)
        result[key] = element
    return result