Get an item from a dictionary obtained from a JSON object obtained from a WEB API (not any JSON). Input: List of keys, e.g ["key_1", "key_2", 5, "key_4"]. Output: An item of type <str>, <list>, or<dict>

reduce_json_dicts.py

def get_from_json_dict(json_dict, keys, default_dict=None):
    
    for index, key in enumerate(keys):
        if isinstance(json_dict, dict) and isinstance(key, str):   # check if you have a `dict` and `str` in hand
            # get item of the key from json_dict, if key is Bad, get item from default_dict, or get None
            json_dict = json_dict.get(key, default_dict[key] if default_dict else None)    
            if default_dict:
                default_dict = default_dict[key]    # reducing default dict
            continue
        if isinstance(json_dict, list) and isinstance(key, int):   # check if you have a `list` and `int` in hand
            # get item of the key (`int`) from json_dict (of type `list`), if key is Bad, get item from default_dict, or get None
            try:
                json_dict = json_dict[key]
            except IndexError:
                return default_dict[index] if default_dict else None
            continue
        return None
    return json_dict    # this now holds the final value