To build upon epool's answer, this version allows you to access any dict inside via the dot operator:
foo = {"bar" : {"baz" : [ {"boo" : "hoo"} , {"baba" : "loo"} ] }}For instance, foo.bar.baz[1].baba returns "loo".
class Map(dict): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(Map, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) for arg in args: if isinstance(arg, dict): for k, v in arg.items(): if isinstance(v, dict): v = Map(v) if isinstance(v, list): self.__convert(v) self[k] = v if kwargs: for k, v in kwargs.items(): if isinstance(v, dict): v = Map(v) elif isinstance(v, list): self.__convert(v) self[k] = v def __convert(self, v): for elem in range(0, len(v)): if isinstance(v[elem], dict): v[elem] = Map(v[elem]) elif isinstance(v[elem], list): self.__convert(v[elem]) def __getattr__(self, attr): return self.get(attr) def __setattr__(self, key, value): self.__setitem__(key, value) def __setitem__(self, key, value): super(Map, self).__setitem__(key, value) self.__dict__.update({key: value}) def __delattr__(self, item): self.__delitem__(item) def __delitem__(self, key): super(Map, self).__delitem__(key) del self.__dict__[key]