Python Dictionary Variable Recursive Explorer

I've been collecting some data with Python, and the data is dictionary type. I want to know all the data that's contained in my dictionary item, but it was proving challenging because we have Level 1 keys, Level 2 keys, Level 3 keys and possibly more!

For example. Just for starters:

• hostname
• location
• code
• country
• code
• name
• id
• id

etcetera...

The following Python recursive definition (like Powershell function) will take as input a dictionary item, and list out all the keys, all the nested (embedded) keys, and the values of those keys.

def dictExplorer

def dictExplorer(*arg):

 d = arg[0]

 if len(arg) == 2:

  pfx = arg[1] + "."

 else:

  pfx = ""

 for k in list(d.keys()):

  try:

   dictExplorer(d[k], pfx + k)

  except:

   try:

    print(pfx + k + " = " + str(d[k]))

   except:

    print(pfx + k + " = None (NoneType)")

Usage

The usage is very simple. Say your dictionary item is the variable d:

dictExplorer(d)

The output is like:

key1 = value
key1.key2 = value
key1.key2.key3 = value