return python objects instead of text

[sstrong99]

It would be nice if commands like compute-envs list returned python objects instead of strings that need to be parsed to get the data. e.g.

from seqerakit import seqeraplatform
tw = seqeraplatform.SeqeraPlatform()
out = tw.compute_envs("list")

"""
here `out` could be a list of dicts like 
out = [
    {
        "id": ...,
        "status": ...,
        "platform": ...,
        "name": ...,
        "last_activity": ...,
    },
     {
        "id": ...,
        "status": ...,
        "platform": ...,
        "name": ...,
        "last_activity": ...,
    },
    ...
]
"""  

[sstrong99]

It appears that this is already an option with to_json=True, although if this is documented somewhere i haven't found it.

[ejseqera]

Using to_json=True in tw.compute_envs("list") is probably the closest to what you are looking for to return a dict. We might potentially refactor this to avoid using kwargs, see draft implementation here: #146

We will make a note to document this option better once implemented.

[sstrong99]

Thanks! it would be nice to maintain that sort of functionality for the python API if that refactor happens.

[ejseqera]

I agree. FWIW, see @andrew-dawson-seqera's comment here: #167 (comment)

[ejseqera]

We've implemented #146 in the latest version which should make working with JSON objects much easier. We appreciate the feedback for a future Python SDK. Closing this out but don't hesitate to share any additional feedback you might have.