Python library for CSON (schema-compressed JSON)
- Russell Leake, http://www.leakerlabs.com/, gt3389b@gmail.com
- Documentation: https://github.com/lifthrasiir/cson
- Python Package Index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cson
- GitHub: https://github.com/gt3389b/python-cson
##Install
easy_install python-cson
##Examples
#Commandline usage
python-cson -f <outfile> <infile>
#Using STDIN
cat <infile> | python-cson -f <outfile>
#Printing output to STDOUT
python-cson <infile>
#!/usr/bin/python
import cson, json, optparse, os
parser = optparse.OptionParser('Usage: %prog -i <inputfilename>')
parser.add_option('-i', '--inputfilename', dest='inputfilename', type='string')
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
# Assign new names to constants passed in from CLI options.
inputfilename = options.inputfilename
if inputfilename:
print "Processing " + inputfilename
outName = os.path.splitext(inputfilename)[0]
outFile = outName + ".json"
with open(inputfilename, 'r') as infile:
cson_data = infile.readlines()
# interpret the CSON string
json_data = cson.csons2json(''.join(cson_data), 1)
# write the JSON string out to
print "Creating " + outFile
with open(outFile, 'w') as outfile:
outfile.write(json_data)
# decode JSON text for verfication
obj = json.loads(json_data)
else:
print "Requires input filename file"