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Python code to deep sort a JSON file
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import argparse | |
import collections | |
import json | |
import sys | |
def sort_json(json_obj): | |
if isinstance(json_obj, dict): | |
sorted_dict = collections.OrderedDict() | |
for key in sorted(json_obj.keys()): | |
sorted_dict[key] = sort_json(json_obj[key]) | |
return sorted_dict | |
elif isinstance(json_obj, list): | |
sorted_list = [] | |
for item in json_obj: | |
sorted_list.append(sort_json(item)) | |
return sorted(sorted_list) | |
else: | |
return json_obj | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('r'), default=sys.stdin) | |
parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'), default=sys.stdout) | |
parser.add_argument('--indent', default=4, type=int) | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
if sys.stdin.isatty(): | |
parser.print_help() | |
exit() | |
# Load JSON data | |
parsed_json = json.load(args.infile) | |
# Sort JSON data | |
sorted_json = sort_json(parsed_json) | |
# Print sorted JSON | |
print(json.dumps(sorted_json, indent=args.indent), file=args.outfile) |
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