UnTube/backend/general/utils/misc.py

import yaml


def yaml_coerce(value):
    """
    Pass in a string dictionary and convert it into proper python dictionary
    """
    if isinstance(value, str):
        # create a tiny snippet of YAML, with key=dummy, and val=value, then load the YAML into
        # a pure Pythonic dictionary. Then, we read off the dummy key from the coversion to get our
        # final result
        return yaml.load(f'dummy: {value}', Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)['dummy']

    return value