Find all occurences of a key in nested python dictionaries and lists - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9807634/find-all-occurences-of-a-key-in-nested-python-dictionaries-and-lists

gistfile1.py

def find(key, dictionary):
    if isinstance(dictionary, list):
        for item in dictionary:
            for result in find(key, item):
                yield result
    elif isinstance(dictionary, dict):
        for k, v in dictionary.iteritems():
            if k == key:
                yield v
            for result in find(key, v):
                yield result

example = {'app_url': '', 'models': [{'perms': {'add': True, 'change': True, 'delete': True}, 'add_url': '/admin/cms/news/add/', 'admin_url': '/admin/cms/news/', 'name': ''}], 'has_module_perms': True, 'name': u'CMS'}

list(find('admin_url', example))