[Python] How to check it an object is an instance of dict_itemiterator in python?

I have a some library that is returning dict_itemiterator object.

Since I'm working with multiple types of objects I need to know what is actual type of my object.

So I found that it is possible to get dict_itemiterator using this code:

# of course, not me creating this object in real code, it comes
# from 3rd-party library, I just added it to make a reproducible example
my_tricky_object = iter({}.items())

dict_itemiterator_type = type(iter({}.items()))

if isinstance(my_tricky_object, dict_itemiterator_type):
print('Do stuff here...')


The problem is I don't know how to import this dict_itemiterator type without using this ambiguous construction: type(iter({}.items()))

Of course it is possible to use Iterable:

from typing import Iterable

isinstance(my_tricky_object, Iterable)


But I'm working with different iterable types and want to be sure that my_tricky_object is an instance of a specifically key/value iterator

The question is what is most correct isinstance check here or how to import exactly dict_itemiterator type?

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