this actually works!

serialization-prototyping/python-test/main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import enum
 from socket import AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, socket
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 import msgpack
 
 
@@ -9,10 +11,26 @@ TEST_PERSON = {
 }
 
 
+class Devices(str, enum.Enum):
+    MGT = "Mgt"
+    MGM = "Mgm"
+
+
+class SwitchState(str, enum.Enum):
+    OFF = "Off"
+    ON = "On"
+    UNKNOWN = "Unknown"
+    FAULTY = "Faulty"
+
+
+class SwitchMap(BaseModel):
+    valid: bool
+    switch_map: dict[Devices, SwitchState]
+
+
 def msg_pack_unloading(recv_back: bytes):
     unpacked = msgpack.unpackb(recv_back)
     print(f"unpacked: {unpacked}")
-    # human_test = {:x for x in unpacked}
     loaded_back = msgpack.loads(recv_back)
     print(loaded_back)
 
@@ -25,7 +43,8 @@ def main():
     _ = server_socket.sendto(msg_pack_stuff, target_address)
     recv_back = server_socket.recv(4096)
     print(f"recv back: {recv_back}")
-    pass
+    switch_map = SwitchMap.model_validate_json(recv_back)
+    print(f"switch map: {switch_map}")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

serialization-prototyping/python-test/requirements.txt

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 msgpack==1.0.8
+pydantic==2.7