from six import iteritems def nested_lookup(key, document, wild=False): """Lookup a key in a nested document, return a list of values""" return list(_nested_lookup(key, document, wild=wild)) def _nested_lookup(key, document, wild=False): """Lookup a key in a nested document, yield a value""" if isinstance(document, list): for d in document: for result in _nested_lookup(key, d, wild=wild): yield result if isinstance(document, dict): for k, v in iteritems(document): if key == k or (wild and key.lower() in k.lower()): yield v elif isinstance(v, dict): for result in _nested_lookup(key, v, wild=wild): yield result elif isinstance(v, list): for d in v: for result in _nested_lookup(key, d, wild=wild): yield result