from yaml import full_load def gen_experiment_config(yaml): """load the yaml file of chaos experiment""" with open(yaml) as f: _config = full_load(f) f.close() return _config def findkeys(node, kv): # refer to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9807634/find-all-occurrences-of-a-key-in-nested-dictionaries-and-lists if isinstance(node, list): for i in node: for x in findkeys(i, kv): yield x elif isinstance(node, dict): if kv in node: yield node[kv] for j in node.values(): for x in findkeys(j, kv): yield x def update_key_value(node, modify_k, modify_v): # update the value of modify_k to modify_v if isinstance(node, list): for i in node: update_key_value(i, modify_k, modify_v) elif isinstance(node, dict): if modify_k in node: node[modify_k] = modify_v for j in node.values(): update_key_value(j, modify_k, modify_v) return node def update_key_name(node, modify_k, modify_k_new): # update the name of modify_k to modify_k_new if isinstance(node, list): for i in node: update_key_name(i, modify_k, modify_k_new) elif isinstance(node, dict): if modify_k in node: value_backup = node[modify_k] del node[modify_k] node[modify_k_new] = value_backup for j in node.values(): update_key_name(j, modify_k, modify_k_new) return node if __name__ == "__main__": d = { "id" : "abcde", "key1" : "blah", "key2" : "blah blah", "nestedlist" : [ { "id" : "qwerty", "nestednestedlist" : [ { "id" : "xyz", "keyA" : "blah blah blah" }, { "id" : "fghi", "keyZ" : "blah blah blah" }], "anothernestednestedlist" : [ { "id" : "asdf", "keyQ" : "blah blah" }, { "id" : "yuiop", "keyW" : "blah" }] } ] } print(list(findkeys(d, 'id'))) update_key_value(d, "none_id", "ccc") print(d)