added extend symbol change for ws

modules/utils.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 
 load_dotenv()
 
-def upsert_list_of_dicts_by_id(list_of_dicts, new_dict, id='id', seq_check_field: str | None = None):
+def upsert_list_of_dicts_by_id(list_of_dicts, new_dict, id='id', seq_check_field: str | None = None) -> list[dict]:
     for index, item in enumerate(list_of_dicts):
         if item.get(id) == new_dict.get(id):
             if seq_check_field is not None:
@@ -25,4 +25,19 @@ def send_tg_alert(msg: str):
     url = f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage?chat_id={chat_id}'
     response = requests.post(url, json={'text': str(str(msg)[:250])}, timeout=10)
 
-    return response.json()
+    return response.json()
+
+def rec_set_dict(orig_dict, new_dict, allow_new_fields: bool = False) -> dict:
+    for k, v in new_dict.items():
+        if isinstance(v, dict):
+            rec_set_dict(orig_dict=orig_dict[k], new_dict=v)
+        else:
+            if allow_new_fields:
+                orig_dict[k] = v
+            else:
+                if orig_dict.get(k, None) is not None:
+                    orig_dict[k] = v
+                else:
+                    logging.warning(msg=f'rec_set_dict: encountered nonexistent key: "{k}"; skipping')
+    
+    return orig_dict