Python json.tool() Examples

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Example 1
Project: armory   Author: twosixlabs   File: format_json.py    License: MIT License 7 votes vote down vote up 
def json_tool(filepath, check=False) -> bool:
    """
    Equivalent to json.tool utility, except returns whether changes were made

    Returns whether changes were made
    """

    with open(filepath) as f:
        content = f.read()

    obj = json.loads(content)

    output = json_dumps_pretty(obj)
    if output != content:
        if not check:
            with open(filepath, "w") as f:
                f.write(output)
        return True
    return False
Example 2
Project: Imogen   Author: CedricGuillemet   File: tool.py    License: MIT License 6 votes vote down vote up 
def main():
    prog = 'python -m json.tool'
    description = ('A simple command line interface for json module '
                   'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType(),
                        help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed')
    parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                        help='write the output of infile to outfile')
    parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
                        help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
    options = parser.parse_args()

    infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
    outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
    sort_keys = options.sort_keys
    with infile:
        try:
            obj = json.load(infile)
        except ValueError as e:
            raise SystemExit(e)
    with outfile:
        json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=4)
        outfile.write('\n')
Example 3
Project: luci-py   Author: luci   File: gce.py    License: Apache License 2.0 6 votes vote down vote up 
def get_metadata_uncached():
  """Returns the GCE metadata as a dict.

  Returns None if not running on GCE or if metadata server is unreachable.

  Refs:
    https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata
    https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types

  To get the at the command line from a GCE VM, use:
    curl --silent \
      http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/?recursive=true \
      -H "Metadata-Flavor: Google" | python -m json.tool | less
  """
  raw = _raw_metadata_request('/computeMetadata/v1/?recursive=true')
  return json.loads(raw) if raw else None
Example 4
Project: android_universal   Author: bkerler   File: tool.py    License: MIT License 6 votes vote down vote up 
def main():
    prog = 'python -m json.tool'
    description = ('A simple command line interface for json module '
                   'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType(),
                        help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed')
    parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                        help='write the output of infile to outfile')
    parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
                        help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
    options = parser.parse_args()

    infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
    outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
    sort_keys = options.sort_keys
    with infile:
        try:
            obj = json.load(infile)
        except ValueError as e:
            raise SystemExit(e)
    with outfile:
        json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=4)
        outfile.write('\n')
Example 5
Project: Fluid-Designer   Author: Microvellum   File: tool.py    License: GNU General Public License v3.0 5 votes vote down vote up 
def main():
    prog = 'python -m json.tool'
    description = ('A simple command line interface for json module '
                   'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType(),
                        help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed')
    parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                        help='write the output of infile to outfile')
    parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
                        help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
    options = parser.parse_args()

    infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
    outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
    sort_keys = options.sort_keys
    with infile:
        try:
            if sort_keys:
                obj = json.load(infile)
            else:
                obj = json.load(infile,
                                object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
        except ValueError as e:
            raise SystemExit(e)
    with outfile:
        json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=4)
        outfile.write('\n')
Example 6
Project: Project-New-Reign---Nemesis-Main   Author: ShikyoKira   File: tool.py    License: GNU General Public License v3.0 5 votes vote down vote up 
def main():
    prog = 'python -m json.tool'
    description = ('A simple command line interface for json module '
                   'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType(),
                        help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed')
    parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                        help='write the output of infile to outfile')
    parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
                        help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
    options = parser.parse_args()

    infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
    outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
    sort_keys = options.sort_keys
    with infile:
        try:
            if sort_keys:
                obj = json.load(infile)
            else:
                obj = json.load(infile,
                                object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
        except ValueError as e:
            raise SystemExit(e)
    with outfile:
        json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=4)
        outfile.write('\n')