Added recursive to_dict support to AttrDict (#1892)

Fixes #1520

(cherry picked from commit 318ea9a)

elasticsearch_dsl/utils.py

@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ def _wrap(val: Any, obj_wrapper: Optional[Callable[[Any], Any]] = None) -> Any:
     return val
 
 
+def _recursive_to_dict(value: Any) -> Any:
+    if hasattr(value, "to_dict"):
+        return value.to_dict()
+    elif isinstance(value, dict) or isinstance(value, AttrDict):
+        return {k: _recursive_to_dict(v) for k, v in value.items()}
+    elif isinstance(value, list) or isinstance(value, AttrList):
+        return [recursive_to_dict(elem) for elem in value]
+    else:
+        return value
+
+
 class AttrList(Generic[_ValT]):
     def __init__(
         self, l: List[_ValT], obj_wrapper: Optional[Callable[[_ValT], Any]] = None
@@ -228,8 +239,10 @@ def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: _ValT) -> None:
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]:
         return iter(self._d_)
 
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, _ValT]:
-        return self._d_
+    def to_dict(self, recursive: bool = False) -> Dict[str, _ValT]:
+        return cast(
+            Dict[str, _ValT], _recursive_to_dict(self._d_) if recursive else self._d_
+        )
 
     def keys(self) -> Iterable[str]:
         return self._d_.keys()

tests/test_integration/_async/test_search.py

@@ -112,6 +112,27 @@ async def test_inner_hits_are_wrapped_in_response(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_inner_hits_are_serialized_to_dict(
+    async_data_client: AsyncElasticsearch,
+) -> None:
+    s = AsyncSearch(index="git")[0:1].query(
+        "has_parent", parent_type="repo", inner_hits={}, query=Q("match_all")
+    )
+    response = await s.execute()
+    d = response.to_dict(recursive=True)
+    assert isinstance(d, dict)
+    assert isinstance(d["hits"]["hits"][0]["inner_hits"]["repo"], dict)
+
+    # iterating over the results changes the format of the internal AttrDict
+    for hit in response:
+        pass
+
+    d = response.to_dict(recursive=True)
+    assert isinstance(d, dict)
+    assert isinstance(d["hits"]["hits"][0]["inner_hits"]["repo"], dict)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_scan_respects_doc_types(async_data_client: AsyncElasticsearch) -> None:
     repos = [repo async for repo in Repository.search().scan()]

tests/test_integration/_sync/test_search.py

@@ -104,6 +104,27 @@ def test_inner_hits_are_wrapped_in_response(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.sync
+def test_inner_hits_are_serialized_to_dict(
+    data_client: Elasticsearch,
+) -> None:
+    s = Search(index="git")[0:1].query(
+        "has_parent", parent_type="repo", inner_hits={}, query=Q("match_all")
+    )
+    response = s.execute()
+    d = response.to_dict(recursive=True)
+    assert isinstance(d, dict)
+    assert isinstance(d["hits"]["hits"][0]["inner_hits"]["repo"], dict)
+
+    # iterating over the results changes the format of the internal AttrDict
+    for hit in response:
+        pass
+
+    d = response.to_dict(recursive=True)
+    assert isinstance(d, dict)
+    assert isinstance(d["hits"]["hits"][0]["inner_hits"]["repo"], dict)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.sync
 def test_scan_respects_doc_types(data_client: Elasticsearch) -> None:
     repos = [repo for repo in Repository.search().scan()]