from six import iteritems from collections import defaultdict def nested_lookup(key, document, wild=False, with_keys=False): """Lookup a key in a nested document, return a list of values""" if with_keys: d = defaultdict(list) for k, v in _nested_lookup(key, document, wild=wild, with_keys=with_keys): d[k].append(v) return d return list(_nested_lookup(key, document, wild=wild, with_keys=with_keys)) def _nested_lookup(key, document, wild=False, with_keys=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, with_keys=with_keys): yield result if isinstance(document, dict): for k, v in iteritems(document): if key == k or (wild and key.lower() in k.lower()): if with_keys: yield k, v else: yield v elif isinstance(v, dict): for result in _nested_lookup(key, v, wild=wild, with_keys=with_keys): yield result elif isinstance(v, list): for d in v: for result in _nested_lookup( key, d, wild=wild, with_keys=with_keys ): yield result def get_all_keys(dictionary): """ Method to get all keys from a nested dictionary as a List Args: dictionary: Nested dictionary Returns: List of keys in the dictionary """ result_list = [] def recrusion(dictionary): for key, value in iteritems(dictionary): if isinstance(value, dict): result_list.append(key) recrusion(dictionary=value) elif isinstance(value, list): result_list.append(key) for list_items in value: recrusion(dictionary=list_items) else: result_list.append(key) recrusion(dictionary=dictionary) return result_list