from collections.abc import Mapping def deflate(node, index=None, path=None): if index is None: index = {} if path is None: path = [] if node and "id" in node and "__typename" in node: route = ",".join(path) cache_key = ":".join([route, str(node["__typename"]), str(node["id"])]) if index.get(cache_key) is True: return {"__typename": node["__typename"], "id": node["id"]} else: index[cache_key] = True result = {} for field_name in node: value = node[field_name] new_path = path + [field_name] if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)): result[field_name] = [deflate(child, index, new_path) for child in value] elif isinstance(value, Mapping): result[field_name] = deflate(value, index, new_path) else: result[field_name] = value return result