Python dictionary from an object's fields

>>> class Foo:
...     bar = 'hello'
...     baz = 'world'
...
>>> f = Foo()
>>> props(f)
{ 'bar' : 'hello', 'baz' : 'world' }

__dict__

dir

dir

>>> class Foo(object):
...     bar = 'hello'
...     baz = 'world'
...
>>> f = Foo()
>>> [name for name in dir(f) if not name.startswith('__')]
[ 'bar', 'baz' ]
>>> dict((name, getattr(f, name)) for name in dir(f) if not name.startswith('__'))
{ 'bar': 'hello', 'baz': 'world' }

import inspect

def props(obj):
    pr = {}
    for name in dir(obj):
        value = getattr(obj, name)
        if not.name.startswith('__') and not inspect.ismethod(value):
            pr[name] = value
    return pr

dict((key, value) for key, value in f.__dict__.iteritems()
    if not callable(value) and not key.startswith('__'))

class c(object):
    x = 3
a = c()