convert get_data() to dictionary and nested dictionaries/list from a proxyobject to a dictionary and list

[antletem]

Is there a way to check if an item is a projectobject vs a proxylist?

I have the following function, but type(obj) returns "proxy" vs proxylist or proxyobject. I need to do this to create a deepcopy of the data when comparing it for updates. The object is cell.get_data() and is a nested dictionary with list and dictionaries.

like so:

proxyobject({'location': proxyobject({'uid': '7gmESkzczcbgM3dzzGAg'}), 'children': proxylist([])})

def nested_object_to_dict(obj):
    """
    Convert a nested object to a dictionary.

    Args:
    obj (object): The nested object to convert.

    Returns:
    dict: The converted dictionary.
    """
    if isinstance(obj, dict) or type(obj) == 'proxyobject':
        return {key: nested_object_to_dict(value) for key, value in obj.items()}
    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)) or type(obj) == "proxylist":
        return [nested_object_to_dict(item) for item in obj]
    elif hasattr(obj, '__dict__'):
        return nested_object_to_dict(obj.__dict__)
    else:
        return obj

[antletem]

I have the following work around:

    if isinstance(obj, list) or hasattr(obj,'pop'):
        return [nested_object_to_dict(item) for item in obj]
    elif isinstance(obj, dict) or hasattr(obj,'keys'):
        obj = dict(obj)
        return {key: nested_object_to_dict(value) for key, value in obj.items()}
    elif hasattr(obj, '__dict__'):
        return nested_object_to_dict(obj.__dict__)
    else:
        return obj