Good afternoon!

I am attempting to write a script where some configurations can be made on machines, based on a JSON file passed into it. The JSON file is loaded into a variable, and that variable is a dictionary. That dictionary contains other dictionaries and lists of dictionaries. So my question is, even though I know the structure of the dictionary due to the JSON file, how do I use the keys/values when I don’t know what either is going to be? I only know the structure.

For example:

{
    "Product": "My_Application",
    "Version": "1.0",
    "Locations": [
        {"Atlanta": [
            {"Server_1": [
                {"hostname": "ATLhost1},
                {"ip_address": "10.10.10.10"},
                {"widget_dir": "/opt/myApp/widget_logs"},
                {"app_type" : "log server"},
                {"log_directories": [
                    {"access_logs: "/opt/myApp/widget_logs/access"},
                    {"error_logs: "/opt/myApp/widget_logs/error"},
                    {"debug_logs: "/opt/myApp/widget_logs/debug"}
                ]}
            ]},
            {"Server_2": [
                {"hostname": "ATLhost2},
                {"ip_address": "10.10.10.11"},
                {"widget_dir": "/opt/myApp/widget_web"},
                {"app_type" : "web server"}
             ]}
         ]},
         {"Baltimore": [
             {"Server_1": [
                 {"hostname": "BLThost1},
                 {"ip_address": "10.10.20.10"},
                 {"widget_dir": "/opt/myApp/widget_logs"},
                 {"app_type" : "log_server"},
                 {"log_directories": [
                     {"access_logs: "/opt/myApp/widget_logs/access"},
                     {"error_logs: "/opt/myApp/widget_logs/error"},
                     {"debug_logs: "/opt/myApp/widget_logs/debug"}
            ]},
            {"Server_2": [
                {"hostname": "BLThost2},
                {"ip_address": "10.10.20.11"},
                {"widget_dir": "/opt/myApp/widget_web"},
                {"app_type" : "web server"}
             ]}
         ]}
      ]
}

Once this is loaded from JSON, how would I access [Locations][0][Baltimore][0][log_directories][0][error_logs] when I don’t know that the location name is going to be ‘Baltimore’? Could “Baltimore” be wildcarded somehow? I am trying desperately to make this script dynamic, so that it can be run on any machine in any location. In order to do that, however, I have to figure out how to access this data without knowing what some of the data will be. I definitely do not want end-users having to edit the script in order to be able to run it.

I have attempted to use loops and if statements to accomplish what I need to, but I am ending up with a lot of nested for loops and if/else conditions, which is making readability… suboptimal. I’m hoping someone smarter than me can suggest a better way, so that someone editing this thing after me will not need a bottle of Excedrin to get through it.

Thank you!