moving to its own repo

tools/minify_json.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+def minify(json_in):
+    j = json.loads(json_in)
+    j = json.dumps(j, indent = None, separators = (',', ':'))
+    return(j)
+
+def parseArgs():
+    args = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = ('Minify ("compress") JSON input'))
+    args.add_argument('-o', '--output',
+                      default = '-',
+                      help = ('Write the minified JSON out to a file. The default is "-", which instead prints it to '
+                              'STDOUT. If instead you would like to write out to STDERR, use "+" (otherwise provide a '
+                              'path)'))
+    args.add_argument('json_in',
+                      default = '-',
+                      nargs = '?',
+                      help = ('The JSON input. If "-" (the default), read STDIN; otherwise provide a path to the '
+                              'JSON file'))
+    return(args)
+
+def main():
+    args = parseArgs().parse_args()
+    if args.json_in.strip() == '-':
+        stdin = sys.stdin.read()
+        if not stdin:
+            raise argparse.ArgumentError('You specified to read from STDIN, but STDIN is blank')
+        else:
+            args.json_in = stdin
+    else:
+        with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(args.json_in)), 'r') as f:
+            args.json_in = f.read()
+    minified = minify(args.json_in)
+    if args.output.strip() not in ('-', '+'):
+        args.output = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(args.output))
+        if not args.output.endswith('.json'):
+            args.output += '.json'
+        with open(args.output, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(minified + '\n')
+    elif args.output.strip() == '+':
+        sys.stderr.write(minified + '\n')
+    else:
+        sys.stdout.write(minified + '\n')
+    return()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()