🏷️ Wrote an as_dict type checker for Config

data_safe_haven/config/config.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from data_safe_haven.external import AzureApi
 from data_safe_haven.functions import (
     alphanumeric,
+    as_dict,
     b64decode,
     b64encode,
     validate_aad_guid,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
     validate_ip_address,
     validate_timezone,
 )
-from data_safe_haven.utility import SoftwarePackageCategory, YamlType
+from data_safe_haven.utility import SoftwarePackageCategory
 from .backend_settings import BackendSettings
 
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         self.validate()
-        return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+        return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         self.validate()
-        return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+        return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         self.validate()
-        return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+        return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         self.validate()
-        return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+        return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
         def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, bool]:
             self.validate()
-            return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+            return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
     @dataclass
     class ConfigSectionResearchDesktopOpts:
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
         def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
             self.validate()
-            return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+            return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
     data_provider_ip_addresses: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     index: int = 0
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         self.validate()
-        return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+        return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ def validate(self) -> None:
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         self.validate()
-        return chili.encode(self)  # type: ignore
+        return as_dict(chili.encode(self))
 
 
 class Config:

data_safe_haven/functions/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .miscellaneous import ordered_private_dns_zones, time_as_string
+from .miscellaneous import as_dict, ordered_private_dns_zones, time_as_string
 from .strings import (
     alphanumeric,
     b64decode,
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 __all__ = [
     "alphanumeric",
+    "as_dict",
     "b64decode",
     "b64encode",
     "hex_string",

data_safe_haven/functions/miscellaneous.py

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 # Standard library imports
 import datetime
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 # Third-party imports
 import pytz
 
 
+def as_dict(object: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    if (
+        not isinstance(object, dict)
+        and hasattr(object, "keys")
+        and all(isinstance(x, str) for x in object.keys())
+    ):
+        raise TypeError(f"{object} {type(object)} is not a valid Dict[str, Any]")
+    return object
+
+
 def ordered_private_dns_zones(resource_type: Optional[str] = None) -> List[str]:
     """
     Return required DNS zones for a given resource type.