Pass a list of dict conditions to find a particular dict in a recursive set of dicts

get_dict_from_list

def check_conditions(conditions={}, D={}):
    for key in conditions:
        if D[key] == conditions[key]:
            continue
        else:
            return False
    return True

def get_dict_from_list(DL=[], conditions=[], i=0, children_key='children'):
    """
    looks through a list of dictionaries and returns dict, where dict[key] == value
    :param args:
    :param DL:
    :param i:
    """
    for D in DL:
        if check_conditions(conditions=conditions[i], D=D):
            i += 1
            if len(conditions) > i:
                if D[children_key]:
                    get_dict_from_list(DL=D[children_key], conditions=conditions, i=i, children_key=children_key)
                else:
                    i -= 1
                    pass
            else:
                return D

Keep getting this error:

      41 
      42 def check_conditions(conditions={}, D={}):
---> 43     for key in conditions:
      44         if D[key] == conditions[key]:
      45             continue

      ValueError: too many values to unpack