Create a nested python dict from a list of items to be splitted

build_nested_python_dict

# This gist shows how to build a nested python dict
# based on a string that will be splitted based on one specific character
# It can be a list, a dict or whatever you want to.

one_level_dict = {
    '2.0/jobs/create': 'POST',
    '2.0/jobs/list': 'GET',
    '2.0/jobs/delete': 'POST',
    '2.0/jobs/get': 'GET',
    '2.0/jobs/reset': 'POST',
    '2.0/jobs/run-now': 'POST',
    '2.0/jobs/runs/submit': 'POST',
    '2.0/jobs/runs/list': 'GET',
    '2.0/jobs/runs/get': 'GET',
    '2.0/jobs/runs/export': 'GET',
    '2.0/jobs/runs/cancel': 'POST',
    '2.0/jobs/runs/get-output': 'GET'
}

nested_dict = {}

# Splitting the endpoint path into a dict tree
for path, method in one_level_dict.items():
    parts = path.split("/")
    current_node = nested_dict
    for part in parts[:-1]:
        if part not in current_node:
            current_node[part] = {}
        current_node = current_node[part]
    if parts[-1] not in current_node:
        current_node[parts[-1]] = method
        
# Expected output:
{'2.0': {'jobs': {'create': 'POST',
                  'delete': 'POST',
                  'get': 'GET',
                  'list': 'GET',
                  'reset': 'POST',
                  'run-now': 'POST',
                  'runs': {'cancel': 'POST',
                           'export': 'GET',
                           'get': 'GET',
                           'get-output': 'GET',
                           'list': 'GET',
                           'submit': 'POST'}}}}