Get a list of all keys in nested dictionary

Question

I want to get a list of all keys in a nested dictionary that contains lists and dictionaries.

I currently have this code, but it seems to be missing adding some keys

Answer 1

This should do the job:

def get_keys(dl, keys_list):
    if isinstance(dl, dict):
        keys_list += dl.keys()
        map(lambda x: get_keys(x, keys_list), dl.values())
    elif isinstance(dl, list):
        map(lambda x: get_keys(x, keys_list), dl)

To avoid duplicates you can use set, e.g.:

keys_list = list( set( keys_list ) )

Example test case:

keys_list = []
d = {1: 2, 3: 4, 5: [{7: {9: 1}}]}
get_keys(d, keys_list)
print keys_list
>>>> [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]