import createrepo_c as cr

module_data = {
 'arch': 'x86_64',
 'name': 'idm',
 'stream': 'DL1',
 'context': '6573b795',
 'version': 8010020191127093529}

def create_collection():
    col = cr.UpdateCollection()
    col.shortname = 'short name'
    module = cr.UpdateCollectionModule()

    # if you uncomment the pdb and just tell it to continue ('c'), everything will be perfect.
    # without it, values for module attributes are not set
#    import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
    module.name = module_data['name']
    module.stream = module_data['stream']
    module.version = module_data['version']
    module.context = module_data['context']
    module.arch = module_data['arch']

    col.module = module

    return col

c = create_collection()
print(c.module.name)