When you get TypeError: unhashable type: 'dict' it almost always means that you are trying to use a dict as a key for a different dict.
Python 2.7.10 (default, Jul 1 2015, 10:54:53) [GCC 4.9.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> d={1:'one', 2:'two', 3:'three'} >>> d1={1:'A', 2:'B', 3:'C'} This doesn't work. >>> print d1[d] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: unhashable type: 'dict' This does. >>> for index in d: ... print d1[index] ... A B C HTH, Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list