code: def _convert_input(self, *args, **kwargs):
          
          args = [arg.state if isinstance(arg, Nomenclate) else arg for arg in args]
          input_dict = combine_dicts(*args, **kwargs)
          return input_dict
docs: Takes variable inputs
  
          :param args: (dict, Nomenclate), any number of dictionary inputs or Nomenclates to be converted to dicts
          :param kwargs: str, any number of kwargs that represent token:value pairs
          :return: dict, combined dictionary of all inputs