def _convert_input(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """ Takes variable inputs

        :param args: (dict, Nomenclate), any number of dictionary inputs or Nomenclates to be converted to dicts
        :param kwargs: str, any number of kwargs that represent token:value pairs
        :return: dict, combined dictionary of all inputs
        """
        args = [arg.state if isinstance(arg, Nomenclate) else arg for arg in args]
        input_dict = combine_dicts(*args, **kwargs)
        return input_dict
def _convert_input ( self , * args , ** kwargs ) : args = [ arg . state if isinstance ( arg , Nomenclate ) else arg for arg in args ] input_dict = combine_dicts ( * args , ** kwargs ) return input_dict
Takes variable inputs

        :param args: (dict, Nomenclate), any number of dictionary inputs or Nomenclates to be converted to dicts
        :param kwargs: str, any number of kwargs that represent token:value pairs
        :return: dict, combined dictionary of all inputs