msrest

import json
import datetime
import isodate # Needed for deserialized datetime object type checking
from msrest.serialization import Serializer, Deserializer

# Define a simple model schema for demonstration
models = {
    'MyModel': {
        'type': 'object',
        'properties': {
            'id': {'type': 'integer', 'format': 'int32'},
            'name': {'type': 'string'},
            'created_at': {'type': 'string', 'format': 'date-time'}
        },
        'required': ['id', 'name']
    }
}

# Initialize Serializer and Deserializer with defined models
serializer = Serializer(models)
deserializer = Deserializer(models)

# Create a Python object to be serialized
class MyModel:
    def __init__(self, id, name, created_at=None):
        self.id = id
        self.name = name
        self.created_at = created_at

instance_to_serialize = MyModel(
    id=1,
    name='Example Item',
    created_at=datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
)

# Serialize the object to a format suitable for a REST API call
# The 'MyModel' string refers to the schema key defined in 'models'
serialized_data = serializer.body(instance_to_serialize, 'MyModel')
print("Serialized data:", json.dumps(serialized_data, indent=2))

# Simulate a raw JSON response from a REST API
raw_json_response = {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Another Example",
    "created_at": "2023-10-27T10:30:00Z"
}

# Deserialize the raw JSON response into a Python object
deserialized_instance = deserializer(MyModel, raw_json_response)
print(f"\nDeserialized name: {deserialized_instance.name}")
print(f"Deserialized created_at: {deserialized_instance.created_at}")
print(f"Type of deserialized created_at: {type(deserialized_instance.created_at)}")