Entity type named as python reserved keyword

[lb-consult]

Hello,

I'm trying to use python-odata (version 0.6.3) to query Microsoft Dataverse.

python v3.13.1
python-odata v0.6.3

By default, Microsoft Dataverse defines an entity type name "import":
(from the $metadata endpoint)

[...]
<EntityType Name="import" BaseType="mscrm.crmbaseentity">
    <Key>
        <PropertyRef Name="importid" />
    </Key>
    [...]
</EntityType>
[...]

When creating a ODataService with the option reflect_entities: True, a class named import is generated which create an error when trying to import this class as import is a reserved word.

class import(ReflectionBase):               <- Error: invalid syntax (entities.py, line 24704)
    __odata_collection__ = None
    __odata_type__ = "Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.import"
  
    # Simple properties
    [...] 

Any idea how to workaround this issue?

[eblis]

Hmm, can you try to manually change the name of the class to import_class or something? Does that work?

[lb-consult]

yes, if I manually rename the class in the generated package, the error disappears and everything seems to work.
That's what I've done to be able to move forward, but it is not a viable solution for the long term.

[eblis]

We could keep a list of forbidden class names, and if found we add a suffix so it's no longer interfering with Python keywords or built-in methods, etc.
Do you have time to look into this maybe ?

[lb-consult]

Yes, I will give it a look and share my findings.

[lb-consult]

I have found this: https://docs.python.org/3/library/keyword.html#module-keyword