title: Convert string to dict in python, but string dict has no quotes and = instead of :
body: <p>I have dictionaries as strings. In the string the keys and values have no quotes, and instead of having key-value pairs in the usual format (key:value), I have them like this key=value. An example of such string is here below</p>
  <p><code>{created={type=FREEMIUM, title={value=Drool is love, drool is live..., _iscolumngrouppresent=true}, content={value=null, _iscolumngrouppresent=false}, status=PROCESSING, tags=[], attachments=[{payload_0={video_id=null, image_id=2efbff31-a0a6-4f4c-a163-667c4aabd111}}], visible_at={value=null, _iscolumngrouppresent=false}, author_user_id=8cfdf75d-5816-42f8-906f-8b203bb2c99f, _iscolumngrouppresent=true},  _iscolumngrouppresent=true}</code></p>
  <p>Which I would like to convert to</p>
  <pre><code>    &quot;created&quot;: {
          &quot;type&quot;: &quot;FREEMIUM&quot;, 
          &quot;title&quot;: {
              &quot;value&quot;: &quot;Drool is love, drool is live...&quot;,
              &quot;_iscolumngrouppresent&quot;: True
          }, 
          &quot;content&quot;: {
              &quot;value&quot;: None, 
              &quot;_iscolumngrouppresent&quot;: False
          }, 
          &quot;status&quot;: &quot;PROCESSING&quot;, 
          &quot;tags&quot;: [], 
          &quot;attachments&quot;: [
              {
                  &quot;payload_0&quot;: {
                      &quot;video_id&quot;: None, 
                      &quot;image_id&quot;: &quot;2efbff31-a0a6-4f4c-a163-667c4aabd111&quot;
                  }
              }
          ], 
          &quot;visible_at&quot;: {
              &quot;value&quot;: None, 
              &quot;_iscolumngrouppresent&quot;: False
          }, 
          &quot;author_user_id&quot;: &quot;8cfdf75d-5816-42f8-906f-8b203bb2c99f&quot;, 
          &quot;_iscolumngrouppresent&quot;: True
      },
      &quot;_iscolumngrouppresent&quot;: True
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>I tried to parse the string by myself, but there are cases where it fails. Mainly when a value of a key:value pair is a string with commas in it (&quot;,&quot;).</p>
  <p>Is there a tooling already out there that I can use. Any ideas are more than welcome.</p>
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>