def _find_value(ret_dict, key, path=None):
    '''
    PRIVATE METHOD
    Traverses a dictionary of dictionaries/lists to find key
    and return the value stored.
    TODO:// this method doesn't really work very well, and it's not really
            very useful in its current state. The purpose for this method is
            to simplify parsing the JSON output so you can just pass the key
            you want to find and have it return the value.
    ret : dict<str,obj>
        The dictionary to search through. Typically this will be a dict
        returned from solr.
    key : str
        The key (str) to find in the dictionary

    Return: list<dict<str,obj>>::

        [{path:path, value:value}]
    '''
    if path is None:
        path = key
    else:
        path = "{0}:{1}".format(path, key)

    ret = []
    for ikey, val in six.iteritems(ret_dict):
        if ikey == key:
            ret.append({path: val})
        if isinstance(val, list):
            for item in val:
                if isinstance(item, dict):
                    ret = ret + _find_value(item, key, path)
        if isinstance(val, dict):
            ret = ret + _find_value(val, key, path)
    return ret