pass contnets of variable instead of variable name

July 25, 2023

I have this code

response = sf.list_state_machines(maxResults=2)

I want to:

make list_state_machines as a passed in argument to the function – named action_cmd
make maxResults=2 be a passed in argument to the function – named payload
then I can do the following

response = sf.action_cmd(payload)

this does not work, of course. How do I pass these variables so sf recognizes contents of action_cmd as the name of the command and passes the contents of payload as input to the function?

I have no control over the function I am calling

>Solution :

better to use a wrapper function,I will give you an example, in my example action_cmd is a wrapper function that takes the command and payload as arguments

check this out :

def action_cmd(command, **kwargs):
    if command == "list_state_machines":
        return sf.list_state_machines(**kwargs)
    #add your conditions for other commands

#you can use it like this
command = "list_state_machines"
payload = {"maxResults": 2}
response = action_cmd(command, **payload)