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def buildConfigPath(hierarchy , name):
    """
    Returns the config path (string) of the 'name' parameter, or a null
    string if not found.
    Cannot be used to search by name of the standby MM because MM hostnames
    do not appear in the configuration hierarchy; you will need to search by
    the standby MM MAC (lower case colon delimited). For the active MM, search 'mynode'.

    Params:
    hierarchy: json formated dict with the node hierarchy from
    GET /object/node_hierarchy (make sure to use json() method from requests.Response
    or it may not work)
    name: string of a controller hostname, group name, 'mynode' (active MM), 'md', 'mm',
    MAC of standby MM, or '/' (root)
    """
    
    if name == '/':
        return '/'

    elif hierarchy["name"] == name: # this controller matches 'name'
        return hierarchy["mac"]

    elif (hierarchy["type"] == "group" or hierarchy["type"] == "root"):
        for controller in hierarchy["devices"]: # iterate through device list. A "device" is a controller.
            mac = buildConfigPath(controller , name)
            if mac != '': # a controller in the device list matches 'name'
              return '/' + mac 

        for childNode in hierarchy["childnodes"]: # iterate through the list of childnodes. A childnode is a subgroup.
            if childNode["name"] == name: 
              return '/' + name # a group directly below this group matches 'name'

            path = buildConfigPath(childNode , name)
            if path != '':
              return '/' + childNode["name"] + path # a controller was found 2 or more levels below this childnode

        return '' # 'name was not found in this group or any subgroup
    
    return "" # this controller doesn't match 'name'

{
  "Configuration node hierarchy": [
    {
      "Config Node": "/",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "System"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "System"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md/00:50:56:xx:xx:xx",
      "Name": "ArubaMC-VA",
      "Type": "Device"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md/00:50:56:xx:xx:xy",
      "Name": "Aruba-MC-2",
      "Type": "Device"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md/SJC",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "Group"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md/SJC/00:50:56:xx:xx:xz",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "Device"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md/us_west",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "Group"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/md/us_west/site_A",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "Group"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/mm",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "System"
    },
    {
      "Config Node": "/mm/mynode",
      "Name": null,
      "Type": "System"
    }
  ],
  "_data": [
    "Default-node is /md. Autopark is enabled."
  ],
  "_meta": [
    "Config Node",
    "Type",
    "Name"
  ]
}

def buildConfigPath(hierarchy , name):    """    Returns the config path (string) of the 'name' parameter, or a null    string if not found.    Cannot be used to search by name of the standby MM because MM hostnames    do not appear in the configuration hierarchy; you will need to search by    the standby MM MAC (lower case colon delimited). For the active MM, search 'mynode'.    Params:    hierarchy: json formated dict with the node hierarchy from    GET /object/node_hierarchy (make sure to use json() method from requests.Response    or it may not work)    name: string of a controller hostname, group name, 'mynode' (active MM), 'md', 'mm',    MAC of standby MM, or '/' (root)    """        if name == '/':        return '/'    elif hierarchy["name"] == name: # this controller matches 'name'        return hierarchy["mac"]    elif (hierarchy["type"] == "group" or hierarchy["type"] == "root"):        for controller in hierarchy["devices"]: # iterate through device list. A "device" is a controller.            mac = buildConfigPath(controller , name)            if mac != '': # a controller in the device list matches 'name'              return '/' + mac         for childNode in hierarchy["childnodes"]: # iterate through the list of childnodes. A childnode is a subgroup.            if childNode["name"] == name:               return '/' + name # a group directly below this group matches 'name'            path = buildConfigPath(childNode , name)            if path != '':              return '/' + childNode["name"] + path # a controller was found 2 or more levels below this childnode        return '' # 'name was not found in this group or any subgroup        return "" # this controller doesn't match 'name'