Code for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22210693

data.py

# This example requires Spyne 2.12.2 or higher.
# Download from: https://github.com/arskom/spyne/releases/tag/spyne-2.12.2-beta

# This example throws a validation error. Remove double quotes 
# around "567" to make it work.

data = b"""
{
    "data" : {
        "key_1" : [123, "567"],
        "key_2" : ["abc","def"],
        "frank_underwood" : [666.66, 333.333]
    }
}
"""

from spyne import ComplexModel, Array, Integer, Unicode, Double
from spyne.util.dictdoc import json_loads

class Data(ComplexModel):
    key_1 = Array(Integer)
    key_2 = Array(Unicode)
    frank_underwood = Array(Double)


class Wrapper(ComplexModel):
    data = Data

print json_loads(data, Wrapper, validator='soft')

# Expected output:
#     Wrapper(data=Data(frank_underwood=[666.66, 333.333], key_1=[123, 567], key_2=[u'abc', u'def']))