Convert serialized protobuf output to python dictionary

Question

Given, a serialized protobuf (protocol buffer) output in the string format. I want to convert it to a python dictionary.

Suppose, this is the serialized protobuf, given as a python string:

person {
  info {
    name: John
    age: 20
    website: "https://mywebsite.com"
    eligible: True
  }
}

I want to convert the above python string to a python dictionary data, given as:

data = {
  "person": {
    "info": {
      "name": "John",
      "age": 20,
      "website": "https://mywebsite.com",
      "eligible": True,
    }
  }
}

I can write a python script to do the conversion, as follows:

Append commas on every line not ending with curly brackets.
Add an extra colon before the opening curly bracket.
Surround every individual key and value pair with quotes.
Finally, use the json.loads() method to convert it to a Python dictionary.

I wonder whether this conversion can be achieved using a simpler or a standard method, already available in protocol buffers. So, apart from the manual scripting using the steps I mentioned above, is there a better or a standard method available to convert the serialized protobuf output to a python dictionary?

Convert serialized protobuf output to python dictionary

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