Updated kvstore method

Added dictionary support for KVStore "query" methods. Change with reference to issue #356   . KVStore example also updated

Author: akaila-splunk

examples/kvstore.py

@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ def main():
 
     query = json.dumps({"otherkey": "bar"})
     print("Should return third item with auto-generated _key: %s" % json.dumps(collection.data.query(query=query), indent=1))
-    
+
+    # passing query data as dict
+    query = {"somekey": {"$gt": 1}}
+    print("Should return item2 and item3: %s" % json.dumps(collection.data.query(query=query), indent=1))
+
     # Let's delete the collection
     collection.delete()
 

splunklib/client.py

@@ -3640,6 +3640,11 @@ def query(self, **query):
         :return: Array of documents retrieved by query.
         :rtype: ``array``
         """
+
+        for key, value in query.items():
+            if isinstance(query[key], dict):
+                query[key] = json.dumps(value)
+
         return json.loads(self._get('', **query).body.read().decode('utf-8'))
 
     def query_by_id(self, id):