Some nested dictionaries in Python, say from a XML have https entries in many tags. this method cleans them up.

deep_clean_a_dict.py

def deep_clean(element, damn):  # the values have the annoying {http} field this removes them.
    try:
        if isinstance(element, dict):
            return {k.replace(damn, '').replace('@', '').replace('#', ''): deep_clean(element[k], damn) for k in
                    element}
        elif isinstance(element, list):
            return [deep_clean(e, damn) for e in element]
        elif isinstance(element, str):
            if re.fullmatch('\d*', element):
                return int(element)
            elif re.fullmatch('-?\+?\d*\.?\d*e?\d*', element):
                return float(element)
            else:
                return element.replace(damn, '')  # there should not be a damn
        else:
            return element
    except ValueError:
        return element