Marshmallow Extension¶

Custom Marshmallow fields for serializing and deserializing Money, Rate, and InterestRate objects.

Installation¶

pip install money-warp[marshmallow]

Fields¶

MoneyField¶

Serializes Money instances. The representation parameter controls the format:

Representation	Serialized type	Serialize logic	Deserialize logic
`"raw"` (default)	`str`	`str(money.raw_amount)`	`Money(value)`
`"real"`	`str`	`str(money.real_amount)`	`Money(value)`
`"cents"`	`int`	`money.cents`	`Money.from_cents(value)`
`"float"`	`float`	`float(money.real_amount)`	`Money(str(value))`

RateField¶

Serializes Rate instances. The representation parameter controls the format:

Representation	Serialized type	Example output
`"string"` (default)	`str`	`"5.250% annual"`
`"dict"`	`dict`	`{"rate": "0.0525", "period": "annually", ...}`

String mode outputs a parseable format that feeds directly back into Rate(...). Field-level defaults (year_size, precision, rounding, str_style) are applied on deserialization.

Dict mode captures all constructor params (rate, period, year_size, precision, rounding, str_style) for lossless reconstruction.

InterestRateField¶

Inherits from RateField with RATE_CLASS = InterestRate. Same representations, but constructs InterestRate on deserialization (rejects negative values).

Usage¶

from marshmallow import Schema
from money_warp import Money, InterestRate
from money_warp.ext.marshmallow import MoneyField, InterestRateField

class LoanSchema(Schema):
    principal = MoneyField(representation="raw")
    rate = InterestRateField(representation="string")

schema = LoanSchema()

# Serialize
data = schema.dump({"principal": Money("10000"), "rate": InterestRate("5.25% a")})
# {"principal": "10000", "rate": "5.250% annual"}

# Deserialize
result = schema.load(data)
# {"principal": Money(10000), "rate": InterestRate(5.25% annually)}

Dict representation for lossless round-trips¶

from money_warp.ext.marshmallow import RateField
from money_warp import Rate, CompoundingFrequency, YearSize

class DetailedSchema(Schema):
    rate = RateField(representation="dict")

schema = DetailedSchema()
rate = Rate(0.0525, CompoundingFrequency.ANNUALLY, year_size=YearSize.banker)

data = schema.dump({"rate": rate})
# {
#     "rate": {
#         "rate": "0.0525",
#         "period": "annually",
#         "year_size": 360,
#         "precision": None,
#         "rounding": "ROUND_HALF_UP",
#         "str_style": "long"
#     }
# }

restored = schema.load(data)
# Rate is fully reconstructed with all original parameters

Cents representation for integer storage¶

class PaymentSchema(Schema):
    amount = MoneyField(representation="cents")

schema = PaymentSchema()
data = schema.dump({"amount": Money("123.45")})
# {"amount": 12345}

result = schema.load(data)
# {"amount": Money("123.45")}

Float representation for JSON-friendly APIs¶

class ApiSchema(Schema):
    amount = MoneyField(representation="float")

schema = ApiSchema()
data = schema.dump({"amount": Money("123.45")})
# {"amount": 123.45}

result = schema.load(data)
# {"amount": Money("123.45")}

Notes¶

All fields pass None through in both directions.
String round-trips lose some precision: the percentage rate is formatted with 3 decimal places. Use dict representation for rates with more than 3 decimal digits in percentage form.
InterestRateField raises a validation error for negative rates.