from pprint import pformat def package_list(lst, verbose=True): if verbose: result = pformat(lst) else: result = '\n'.join('%-25s %s' % (pkg['full_name'], pkg['summary']) for pkg in lst) return result def user_list(lst, verbose=True): if verbose: result = pformat(lst) else: result = '\n'.join('%-25s %s' % (user['login'], user['name']) for user in lst) return result