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Diffstat (limited to 'python/vyos/util.py')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py index 5c6409341..32a5ae116 100644 --- a/python/vyos/util.py +++ b/python/vyos/util.py @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright 2020-2022 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> +# Copyright 2020-2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public @@ -720,6 +720,26 @@ def dict_search(path, dict_object): c = c.get(p, {}) return c.get(parts[-1], None) +def dict_search_recursive(dict_object, key, path=[]): + """ Traverse a dictionary recurisvely and return the value of the key + we are looking for. + Thankfully copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/19871956 + Modified to yield optional path to found keys + """ + if isinstance(dict_object, list): + for i in dict_object: + new_path = path + [i] + for x in dict_search_recursive(i, key, new_path): + yield x + elif isinstance(dict_object, dict): + if key in dict_object: + new_path = path + [key] + yield dict_object[key], new_path + for k, j in dict_object.items(): + new_path = path + [k] + for x in dict_search_recursive(j, key, new_path): + yield x + def convert_data(data): """Convert multiple types of data to types usable in CLI |