Automate generation of json_data in Queue module

src/webqueue2api/parser/queue.py

@@ -32,13 +32,38 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, headers_only: bool = True) -> None:
         if not self.path.exists():
             raise QueueDoesNotExistError(str(self.path))
 
-        self.items = self.get_items(headers_only=headers_only)
+        self.items = self.__get_items(headers_only=headers_only)
+        self.json_data = self.__generate_json_data()
 
-        self.json_data = {
-            "name": self.name,
-        }
+    def __generate_json_data(self) -> dict:
+        """Generates a JSON serializable data dictionary of class attributes.
 
-    def get_items(self, headers_only: bool) -> list:
+        Example:
+                __generate_json_data() returns:
+                ...
+
+        Returns:
+                dict: JSON serializable data dictionary of class attributes.
+        """
+        json_data = {}
+
+        # List of attributes that need processing before being added to json_data
+        attributes_to_process = ["path", "items"]
+        for attribute in attributes_to_process:
+            if attribute == "path":
+                json_data[attribute] = str(self.path)
+            if attribute == "items":
+                json_data[attribute] = [item.to_json() for item in self.items]
+
+        # List of attributes to be ignored
+        attributes_to_ignore = ["to_json"] + attributes_to_process
+        for attribute in self.__dir__():
+            if not attribute.startswith("_") and attribute not in attributes_to_ignore:
+                json_data[attribute] = self.__getattribute__(attribute)
+
+        return json_data
+
+    def __get_items(self, headers_only: bool) -> list:
         """Returns a list of items for this Queue
 
         Args: