from app.models.friend import Friend def friend_serialize(friend: list, is_external: bool) -> Friend: status = friend['status'] if 'status' in friend else 'pending' return Friend(**{ "id": str(friend["_id"]), "friend_user_id": friend["user_id"] if is_external else friend["friend_user_id"], "status": status }) def friends_serialize(friends: list, external_friends: list) -> dict: serialized_friends: list = [] for friend in friends: serialized_friends.append(friend_serialize(friend,False)) for external_friend in external_friends: serialized_friends.append(friend_serialize(external_friend,True)) return serialized_friends