converter inputs de array (PHP) para um dict python

php-array-to-dict.py

# coding: utf8

import re
from functools import reduce
 
def merge_dicts(*dicts):
    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7204805/dictionaries-of-dictionaries-merge
 
    if not reduce(lambda x, y: isinstance(y, dict) and x, dicts, True):
        raise TypeError("Object in *dicts not of type dict")
 
    if len(dicts) < 2:
        raise ValueError("Requires 2 or more dict objects")
 
    def merge(a, b):
        for d in set(a.keys()).union(list(b.keys())):
            if d in a and d in b:
                if type(a[d]) == type(b[d]):
                    if not isinstance(a[d], dict):
                        ret = list({a[d], b[d]})
                        if len(ret) == 1: ret = ret[0]
                        yield (d, sorted(ret))
                    else:
                        yield (d, dict(merge(a[d], b[d])))
                else:
                    raise TypeError("Conflicting key:value type assignment")
            elif d in a: yield (d, a[d])
            elif d in b: yield (d, b[d])
            else:
                raise KeyError
 
    return reduce(lambda x, y: dict(merge(x, y)), dicts[1:], dicts[0])
 
 
def convert_php_array_to_python_dict(forms_tuple):
    regexp = r'(?:^([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)|\[([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\])'
    root = {}
 
    for raw_field, value in forms_tuple:
 
        matches = re.findall(regexp, raw_field)
        keys = [k1 or k2 for k1, k2 in matches]
 
        for i, key in enumerate(reversed(keys)):
            field = {key if not key.isdigit() else int(key): value.strip() if i == 0 else field}
 
        root = merge_dicts(root, field)
 
    return root

if __name__ == '__main__':


    from django.conf import settings
    settings.configure() ## necessário para usar o QueryDict fora de uma aplicação Django

    from django.http import QueryDict
    querydict = QueryDict("data[id]=D6adasd7065C2C0A84C96B47EA17705991B14&data[status]=paid&event=invoice")

    print(convert_php_array_to_python_dict(querydict.items()))
    # {'event': 'invoice', 'data': {'id': 'D6adasd7065C2C0A84C96B47EA17705991B14', 'status': 'paid'}}