Python pydantic model get field as string

Question

From the code below, is there a way I can get name as string, not the value, but the field name itself?

from pydantic import BaseModel

class User(BaseModel):
    id: int
    name = 'Jane Doe'

user = User(id='123', name='John')

Answer 1

You can get the list of fields via the __fields__ attribute:

User.__fields__
# or
user.__fields__
# {
#     'id': ModelField(name='id', type=int, required=True),
#     'name': ModelField(name='name', type=str, required=False, default='Jane Doe')
# }

and consequently, a list of the field names via:

list(User.__fields__.keys()))
# or
list(user.__fields__.keys()))
# ['id', 'name']