Take Input Dynamically from user in Python Dictionary

For this kind of thing, one needs to use recursion.

This is not fancy, but will get the job done:

from copy import deepcopy
import json
import pprint


log_data =  {
    'Date':'',
    'Prayers':{
        'Fajr':'',
        'Dhuhr/Jumu\'ah':'',
        'Asr':'',
        'Maghrib':'',
        'Isha\'a':''
        },
    'Task List':[{
        'Task':'',
        'Timeline':'',
        'Status':''
    }],
  # ...
}
def input_fields(substruct, path=""):
    print(f"Inputing values '{path}':")
    for fieldname, value in substruct.items():
        if isinstance(value, (str, int)):
            substruct[fieldname] = input(f"{path}.{fieldname}: ")
        elif isinstance(value, dict):
            input_fields(value, f"{path}.{fieldname}")
        elif isinstance(value, list):
            original = value[0]
            value.pop()
            counter = 0
            if not isinstance(original, dict):
                raise ValueError("Not supported: A list should contain a dictionary-substructure")
            while True:
                item = deepcopy(original)
                input_fields(item, f"{path}.{fieldname}.[{counter}]")
                value.append(item)
                continue_ = input(f"Enter one more {path}.{fieldname} item? (y/n) ").lower().strip()[0] == "y"
                if not continue_:
                    break
                counter+=1
    return substruct

def main():
    values = input_fields(deepcopy(log_data))
    json.dump(values, open("myfile.json", "wt"), indent=4)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()