If you are using < Python 3.4, you need to install enum34.
pip install enum34
Enum declaration
from enum import Enumclass ItemType(Enum): PLACE = 1 PEOPLE = 2 OTHER = 9
Convert enum to string
ItemType.name
Convery enum to int
ItemType.value
Convert string to enum
ItemType['PLACE']
Convert int to enum
ItemType(1)