def has_value(obj, val): if isinstance(obj, dict): values = obj.values() elif isinstance(obj, list): values = obj if val in values: return True for v in values: if isinstance(v, (dict, list)) and has_value(v, val): return True return False

a = {'metadata': {'moderation_service_version': '0.4.11', 'text_taxonomy_version': '0.1.2'}, 'total': 2, 'violations': [{'asset_type': 'text', 'confidence': [{'child_label': 'Hateful', 'score': 0.985709, 'threshold_considered': 0.2}, {'child_label': 'Racist', 'score': 0.747528, 'threshold_considered': 0.2}], 'moderation_category': 'offensive', 'reason': 'Offensive content targeting race, religion etc'}, {'asset_type': 'text', 'confidence': [{'child_label': 'Inappropriate', 'score': 0.974816, 'threshold_considered': 0.2}, {'child_label': 'Obscene', 'score': 0.988402, 'threshold_considered': 0.2}, {'child_label': 'Profanity', 'score': 0.996858, 'threshold_considered': 0.2}], 'moderation_category': 'profanity', 'reason': 'Obscene language, masked profanity'}]}