coerce_to_namedtuple.py

from typing import Any, Dict, NamedTuple, Type


class MyTuple(NamedTuple):
	""" Sample tuple class """
	name: str
	desc: str
	

def coerce_to_namedtuple(d: Dict[str, Any], T: Type):
	""" Create a NamedTuple from a dict, ignoring extra keys in the dict """
	return T(**{k: v for k, v in d.items() if k in T._fields})
	

d = dict(name='Some Name', desc='Some Description', other='Anything Else')
print(coerce_to_namedtuple(d, MyTuple))
# output: MyTuple(name='Some Name', desc='Some Description')