title: Short syntax to unwrap kwargs in Python
body: <p>This looks a bit clumpsy, is there a better way to fetch the values in Python?</p>
  <pre><code>def contact(*kwargs): 
      firstname   = kwargs.get(&quot;firstname&quot;, None)       
      lastname    = kwargs.get(&quot;lastname&quot;, None)
      contact     = kwargs.get(&quot;contact&quot;, None)
      address     = kwargs.get(&quot;address&quot;, None)
      email       = kwargs.get(&quot;email&quot;, None)
      birthdate   = kwargs.get(&quot;birthdate&quot;, None)
  </code></pre>