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

Updating @MackM's response to Python 3 as dict.iteritems has been deprecated (and I prefer to use f-strings over the .format{} styling):

keys_list = []
def get_keys(d_or_l, keys_list):
    if isinstance(d_or_l, dict):
        for k, v in iter(sorted(d_or_l.items())):  #  Altered line to update deprecated method
            if isinstance(v, list):
                get_keys(v, keys_list)
            elif isinstance(v, dict):
                get_keys(v, keys_list)
            keys_list.append(k)   
    elif isinstance(d_or_l, list):
        for i in d_or_l:
            if isinstance(i, list):
                get_keys(i, keys_list)
            elif isinstance(i, dict):
                get_keys(i, keys_list)
    else:
        print(f'** Skipping item of type: {type(d_or_l)}')  #  Altered line to use f-strings
    return keys_list


unique_keys = list(set(get_keys(my_json_dict, keys_list)))  # Added line as example use case