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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index d27a8a3e7..4cc25764b 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -672,3 +672,17 @@ def find_device_file(device):
return os.path.join(root, basename)
return None
+
+def vyos_dict_search(dict, path):
+ """ Traverse Python dictionary (dict) delimited by dot (.).
+ Return value of key if found, None otherwise.
+
+ This is faster implementation then jmespath.search('foo.bar', dict)"""
+ parts = path.split('.')
+ inside = parts[:-1]
+ if not inside:
+ return dict[path]
+ c = dict
+ for p in parts[:-1]:
+ c = c.get(p, {})
+ return c.get(parts[-1], None)