oslo_msgpackutils_serialize_deserialize_with_datetime_support.py

1import datetime
2from oslo_serialization import msgpackutils
3
4# Data including a datetime object, which standard msgpack doesn't handle by default
5data = {
6    'today': datetime.datetime.now(),
7    'values': [1, 2, 3],
8    'status': 'active'
9}
10
11# Serialize the data to bytes
12serialized = msgpackutils.dumps(data)
13print(f"Serialized data: {serialized}")
14
15# Deserialize the bytes back to a Python object
16deserialized = msgpackutils.loads(serialized)
17print(f"Deserialized data: {deserialized}")
18
19# Verify the datetime was preserved
20assert isinstance(deserialized['today'], datetime.datetime)