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Created October 31, 2023 22:16
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uuid_replacer helper
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uuid_replacer.py
import re
import argparse
from uuid import uuid4
if __name__ == '__main__':
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog = "uuid_replacer", description="Update all UUIDs from JSON file for random UUIDs")
parser.add_argument("input", help = ".json file name")
parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help = "output filename. default = output.json", default="output.json", dest="output", required=False)
parser.add_argument("-i", "--ids", help="UUIDs to be replaced. (If ommited all UUIDs will be replaced)", required = False, nargs="*", action="store")
args = parser.parse_args()
file = open(args.input)
data = file.read()
file.close()
if (args.ids != None and len(args.ids) > 0):
ids = list(set(args.ids))
else:
ids = list(set(re.findall(r'[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}', data)))
for c_id in ids:
data = re.sub(re.compile(str(c_id)), str(uuid4()), data)
output_file = open(args.output, 'w')
output_file.write(data)
output_file.close()
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