python - Get Data from Dict inside list inside dict -

i have output value elasticsearch in form

u'hits':        {           u'hits':               [                   {                       u'_score': 1.0, u'_type': u'timer_data',                       u'_id': u'au_uj1dk4uyhlwrlflqv',                       u'_source': {                             u'std': u'0', u'upper': u'62.688',                             u'lower': u'62.688', u'count_90': u'1',                             u'tgt': u'duration', u'grp': u'request',                             u'sum_90': u'62.688', u'sum': u'62.688',                             u'median': u'62.688', u'count': u'1',                             u'mean_90': u'62.688', u'sum_squares': u'3929.7853440000004',                             u'ns': u'gunicorn', u'act': u'',                             u'upper_90': u'62.688', u'sum_squares_90': u'3929.7853440000004',                             u'count_ps': u'0.1', u'@timestamp': u'1442809600000',                             u'mean': u'62.688'                       },                       u'_index': u'statsd-2015.09.21'                   }               ],               u'total': 1, u'max_score': 1.0           },           u'_shards': {               u'successful': 5, u'failed': 0, u'total': 5           },           u'took': 2, u'timed_out': false       } 

i want access data inside u'_source' dictionary cannot find proper way other following.

anoval = output[u'hits'][u'hits'] print type(anoval) # print output[u'hits'][u'hits'] anoval = anoval[0] print type(anoval) 

i want know if there other more efficient way elasticsearch outputs coming dictionaries in python

try following recursively iterate through data structure , return searched value.

def search_multids(search_ds, searchfor):     if isinstance(search_ds, dict):         if searchfor in search_ds:             return search_ds['_source']         else:             key, value in search_ds.items():                 return search_multids(value, searchfor)     if isinstance(search_ds, list):         item in search_ds:             return search_multids(item, searchfor)     else:         return none  print search_multids(s, '_source')