alkira/validate-json.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Copyright 2022, Mischa Peters <mischa AT alkira DOT net>, Alkira.
# validate-json.py
# Version 0.1 - 20220617 - initial release
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import sys
import json
import argparse

# Parse all arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Validate JSON config")
parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", type=str, help="location of the JSON connector file")
parser.add_argument("-p", "--pretty", help="make the JSON pretty!", action="store_true")
if len(sys.argv)==1:
    parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

try:
	args = parser.parse_args()
	json_file = args.file
except argparse.ArgumentError as e:
	print(str(e))
	sys.exit()

with open (json_file, 'r') as f:
	body = json.load(f)
	if args.pretty:
		print(json.dumps(body, indent=4))
	else:
		print(json.dumps(body))