Creating JSON Documents in Python OJAI

The preferred way to create a Python dictionary object and then pass it to the Connection.new_document() method:

json_dict = {
    "_id" : "movie0000001",
    "title" : "OJAI -- The Documentary",
    "studio" : "MapR Technologies, Inc.",
    "release_date" : "2015-09-29",
    "trailers" : {
        "teaser" : "https://10.10.21.90/trailers/teaser",
        "theatrical" : "https://10.10.21.90/trailers/theatrical"
    },
    "characters" : [
        "Heroic Developer", 
        "Evil Release Manager", 
        "Mad Development Manager"
    ],
    "box_office_gross" : 1000000000L
}
new_document = connection.new_document(dictionary=json_dict)

Alternatively, you can call Document interface methods to set fields and values:

doc = connection.new_document()
        .set_id("movie0000001")
        .set('title', 'OJAI - The Documentary')
        .set('studio', 'MapR Technologies, Inc.')
        .set('release_date', ODate.parse(date_str='2015-09-29'))
        .set('trailers.teaser', 'https://10.10.21.90/trailers/teaser')
        .set('trailers.theatrical', 'https://10.10.21.90/trailers/theatrical') 
        .set('characters', ['Heroic Developer', 'Evil Release Manager', 'Mad Development Manager'])
        .set('box_office_gross', 1000000000)

See the following for more details about the APIs:

• Connection
• Document