# Mapping Protocol

See also `PyObject_GetItem()`, `PyObject_SetItem()` and `PyObject_DelItem()`.

int `PyMapping_Check`(PyObject *o)
  Part of the Stable ABI.

  Return `1` if the object provides mapping protocol or supports slicing, and `0` otherwise. Note that it returns `1` for Python classes with a `__getitem__()` method since in general case it is impossible to determine what type of keys it supports. This function always succeeds.

Py_ssize_t `PyMapping_Size`(PyObject *o)
Py_ssize_t `PyMapping_Length`(PyObject *o)
  Part of the Stable ABI.

  Returns the number of keys in object o on success, and `-1` on failure. This is equivalent to the Python expression `len(o)`.

PyObject *`PyMapping_GetItemString`(PyObject *o, const char *key)
  Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

  Return element of o corresponding to the string key or `NULL` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o[key]`. See also `PyObject_GetItem()`.

int `PyMapping_SetItemString`(PyObject *o, const char *key, PyObject *v)
  Part of the Stable ABI.

  Map the string key to the value v in object o. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `o[key] = v`. See also `PyObject_SetItem()`. This function does not steal a reference to v.

int `PyMapping_DelItem`(PyObject *o, PyObject *key)

  Remove the mapping for the object key from the object o. Return `-1` on failure. This is equivalent to the Python statement `del o[key]`. This is an alias of `PyObject_DelItem()`.

int `PyMapping_DelItemString`(PyObject *o, const char *key)

  Remove the mapping for the string key from the object o. Return `-1` on failure. This is equivalent to the Python statement `del o[key]`.

int `PyMapping_HasKey`(PyObject *o, PyObject *key)
  Part of the Stable ABI.

  Return `1` if the mapping object has the key key and `0` otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression `key in o`. This function always succeeds.

  Note that exceptions which occur while calling the `__getitem__()` method will get suppressed. To get error reporting use `PyObject_GetItem()` instead.

int `PyMapping_HasKeyString`(PyObject *o, const char *key)
  Part of the Stable ABI.

  Return `1` if the mapping object has the key key and `0` otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression `key in o`. This function always succeeds.

  Note that exceptions which occur while calling the `__getitem__()` method and creating a temporary string object will get suppressed. To get error reporting use `PyMapping_GetItemString()` instead.

PyObject *`PyMapping_Keys`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

  On success, return a list of the keys in object o. On failure, return `NULL`.

  Changed in version 3.7: Previously, the function returned a list or a tuple.

PyObject *`PyMapping_Values`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

  On success, return a list of the values in object o. On failure, return `NULL`.

  Changed in version 3.7: Previously, the function returned a list or a tuple.

PyObject *`PyMapping_Items`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

  On success, return a list of the items in object o, where each item is a tuple containing a key-value pair. On failure, return `NULL`.

  Changed in version 3.7: Previously, the function returned a list or a tuple.