nested-lookup 0.0.1

lookup a key in a deeply nested document of dicts and lists

A small library for python which enables key lookups on deeply nested documents.

Documents may be built out of dictionaries (dicts) and/or lists.

Contents

• quick start

  • install

  • tutorial

  • misc

quick start

install

install from pypi using pip:

pip install nested-lookup

or easy_install:

easy_install nested-lookup

or install from source using:

git clone https://github.com/russellballestrini/nested-lookup.git
cd nested-lookup
pip install .

tutorial

>>> from nested_lookup import nested_lookup
>>> document = [ { 'nachos' : 15 } , { 'salsa' : [ { 'taco': 42 }, { 'burrito' : { 'taco' : 69 } } ] } ]
>>> print(nested_lookup('taco', document))
[42, 69]

misc

author:

Russell Ballestrini

web:

http://russell.ballestrini.net

license:

Public Domain