45 lines
1.5 KiB
Python
45 lines
1.5 KiB
Python
r"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON
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Usage::
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$ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json.tool
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{
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"json": "obj"
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}
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$ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool
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Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2)
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"""
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import argparse
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import json
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import sys
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def main():
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prog = 'python -m json.tool'
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description = ('A simple command line interface for json module '
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'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
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parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType(),
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help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed')
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parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
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help='write the output of infile to outfile')
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parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
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help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
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options = parser.parse_args()
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infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
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outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
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sort_keys = options.sort_keys
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with infile:
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try:
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obj = json.load(infile)
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except ValueError as e:
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raise SystemExit(e)
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with outfile:
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json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=4)
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outfile.write('\n')
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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main()
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