title: convert the python dictionary output into a flowchart
body: <p>I have a file (see status variable in the code below) that I want to convert into a flowchart (attached). My python script converts "status" into a dictionary. How do I convert that dictionary into a flowchart or a graphic?
  my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>status = """
  Object car {
  Name honda;
  From Richland;
  To Seattle;
  Distance 160;
  Configuration road_travel;
  }
  
  Object bus {
  Name greyhound;
  From pasco;
  To richland;
  Distance 15;
  Configuration road_travel;
  }
  
  Object aeroplane {
  Name united;
  From miami_airport;
  To pasco;
  Distance 1000;
  Configuration air_travel;
  }
  
  Object train {
  Name gas_train;
  From beach;
  To miami_airport;
  Distance 30;
  Configuration train_travel;
  }
  """
  sale_number = ''
  
  sales = collections.defaultdict(list)
  
  for line in status.split('\n'):
      line = line.strip()
      if line.startswith("set"):
           continue
      elif (line.startswith("Object") or line.startswith("object")):
           sale_number = line.split(' ')[1].strip()
      elif not line or line.isspace() :
           continue
      else:
           # you can also use a regular expression here
           sales[sale_number].append(line.split())
  
  for sale in sales:
      print sale+str(dict(sales[sale][:-1]))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and this generates:</p>
  
  <pre><code>car{'To': 'Seattle;', 'Configuration': 'road_travel;', 'From': 'Richland;', 'Name': 'honda;', 'Distance': '160;'}
  train{'To': 'miami_airport;', 'Configuration': 'train_travel;', 'From': 'beach;', 'Name': 'gas_train;', 'Distance': '30;'}
  aeroplane{'To': 'pasco;', 'Configuration': 'air_travel;', 'From': 'miami_airport;', 'Name': 'united;', 'Distance': '1000;'}
  bus{'To': 'richland;', 'Configuration': 'road_travel;', 'From': 'pasco;', 'Name': 'greyhound;', 'Distance': '15;'}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I want to convert the above python output into a picture that looks something like below. I don't want to do it manually using Giffy or MS-Visio because my practical cases have about 1000 objects (this example has 4 objects in "status")
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/A1fdm.png" alt="flow_chart of above dictionary"></p>