From https://github.com/pauricthelodger/spaceapi-server/blob/master/spaceapis.py If validate passes: 'sync' dictionary with dict.update

valisync.py

def validate(self, current_data, new_data):
	if isinstance(new_data, dict):
		return self.validate_dict(current_data, new_data)
	elif isinstance(new_data, list):
		return self.validate_list(current_data, new_data)
	else:
		return True

def sync(self, current_data, new_data):
	if isinstance(new_data, dict):
		return self.sync_dict(current_data, new_data)
	elif isinstance(new_data, list):
		return self.sync_list(current_data, new_data)
	else:
		return True