test_xml2dict.py two

import json

import xmltodict
import nipyapi
from requests import Response

with open("Acqusition_and_Processing.xml", "r") as template_file:
    data = template_file.read()

# in order to get the TemplateEntity we need to
# 1. parse the xml to a dict
# 2. parse that dict to a json string
# 3. Create a fake response object, so that ApiClient will work
# 4. deserialize
client = nipyapi.nifi.ApiClient()
response = Response()
json_string = json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(data))
response.data = json_string
template = client.deserialize(response, 'TemplateEntity')
print(f"{template}")

nipyapi.config.nifi_config.api_client = client
template2 = nipyapi.utils.load(json_string, ('nifi', 'TemplateEntity'))
print(f"{template2}")

if template == template2:
    print("\n\nMATCH\n")
else:
    print("\n\nNO MATCH\n")