class Hash def depth 1 + values.map { |v| v.is_a?(Hash) ? v.depth : 1 }.max end def deep_symbolize_keys self.each_with_object({}) do |(k, v), h| if v.is_a?(Array) v = v.map do |vv| if vv.is_a?(Hash) vv.deep_symbolize_keys else vv end end elsif v.is_a?(Hash) v = v.deep_symbolize_keys end h[k.to_s.to_sym] = v end end end