Python dictionary search values for keys using regular expression

Question

I am trying to implement to search for a value in Python dictionary for specific key values (using regular expression as a key).

Example:

I have a Python dictio

Answer 1

You can solve this with dpath.

http://github.com/akesterson/dpath-python

dpath lets you search dictionaries with a glob syntax on the keys, and to filter the values. What you want is trivial:

$ easy_install dpath
>>> dpath.util.search(MY_DICT, 'seller_account*')

... That will return you a big merged dictionary of all the keys matching that glob. If you just want the paths and values:

$ easy_install dpath
>>> for (path, value) in dpath.util.search(MY_DICT, 'seller_account*', yielded=True):
>>> ... # do something with the path and value