URL query parameter as a dictionary in Pyramid

Question

The JSON API specification uses a dictionary like syntax for some query parameters:

GET /articles?include=author&fields[articles]=title,body,author&fields[people]=name HTTP/1.1

Is there any easy way to retrieve the above fields parameter as a dictionary using Pyramid?

To provide further details, the following fields parameters are given:

• fields[articles]=title,body,author
• fields[people]=name

I'd like to get them all in a Python dictionary:

fields = {
    'articles': 'title,body,author',
    'people': 'name',
}

Answer 1

If I understand what you are asking, an example is in the Pyramid Quick Tour with links to further examples and the complete Pyramid request API.

Essentially:

fields_articles = request.params.get('fields[articles]', 'No articles provided')
fields_people = request.params.get('fields[people]', 'No people provided')

Then put them into a dictionary.

EDIT

Would this suffice?

fields = {
    'articles': request.params.get('fields[articles]', ''),
    'people': request.params.get('fields[people]', ''),
}