Add url parser to all dict inputs

Author: fefi42

weaviate/data/crud_data.py

@@ -42,16 +42,13 @@ def create(self, data_object, class_name, uuid=None, semantic_type=SEMANTIC_TYPE
             ConnectionError: if the network connection to weaviate fails.
         :rtype: str
         """
-
-        if not isinstance(data_object, dict):
-            raise TypeError(
-                "Expected" + semantic_type[:-1] + " to be of type dict instead it was: " + str(type(data_object)))
+        loaded_data_object = _get_dict_from_object(data_object)
         if not isinstance(class_name, str):
             raise TypeError("Expected class_name of type str but was: " + str(type(class_name)))
 
         weaviate_obj = {
             "class": class_name,
-            "schema": data_object
+            "schema": loaded_data_object
         }
         if uuid is not None:
             if not isinstance(uuid, str):
@@ -116,10 +113,7 @@ def merge(self, data_object, class_name, uuid, semantic_type=SEMANTIC_TYPE_THING
             ConnectionError: If the network connection to weaviate fails.
             UnexpectedStatusCodeException: If weaviate reports a none successful status.
         """
-        try:
-            object_dict = _get_dict_from_object(data_object)
-        except:
-            raise  # Keep exception boiling back to user
+        object_dict = _get_dict_from_object(data_object)
 
         if not isinstance(class_name, str):
             raise TypeError("Class must be type str")

weaviate/schema/crud_schema.py

@@ -70,7 +70,14 @@ def create_class(self, schema_class, semantic_type=SEMANTIC_TYPE_THINGS):
             ConnectionError: if the network connection to weaviate fails.
             UnexpectedStatusCodeException: if weaviate reports a none OK status.
         """
-        check_class(schema_class)
+        try:
+            loaded_schema_class = _get_dict_from_object(schema_class)
+        except ConnectionError:
+            raise
+        except UnexpectedStatusCodeException:
+            raise
+
+        check_class(loaded_schema_class)
         self._create_class_with_premitives(semantic_type, schema_class)
         self._create_complex_properties_from_class(schema_class, semantic_type)