#!/usr/bin/perl use 5.016; use warnings; use Data::Diver qw{ Dive }; use Data::Dumper; my $external_structure = { 'name' => 'Test product', 'id' => 'ABC123', 'data' => { 'enabled' => '1', 'internal_id' => '', 'urls' => { 'main_url' => '' }, 'price' => '1000', 'unit' => 'ST', 'unit_info' => { 'qty' => '1', 'gtin' => '1234567890' } } }; my %format = ( product_id => ['id'], price_excl_vat => [qw[ data price ]], unit_qty => [qw[ data unit_info qty ]] ); # (1) my $internal_structure = {}; for my $key ( keys %format ) { $internal_structure->{$key} = Dive( $external_structure, @{ $format{$key} } ); } print Dumper $internal_structure; __END__ $