json2pystmt 0.2.0

Convert JSON to Python assignment statements. Useful for grepping JSON, diffing JSON objects, and debugging.

json2pystmt

Convert JSON to Python assignment statements. Useful for grepping JSON, diffing JSON objects, and debugging.

Installation

pip install json2pystmt

Or with uv:

uv add json2pystmt

Command Line Usage

# From file
json2pystmt data.json

# From stdin
cat data.json | json2pystmt

# Custom root variable name
json2pystmt -r myvar data.json

Example

Input JSON:

{"key1": [1, 2, {"x": {"y": "z"}}]}

Output:

root = {}
root['key1'] = [None] * 3
root['key1'][0] = 1
root['key1'][1] = 2
root['key1'][2] = {}
root['key1'][2]['x'] = {}
root['key1'][2]['x']['y'] = 'z'

Use Cases

Grep for values in JSON:

json2pystmt data.json | grep "error"

Diff two JSON files:

diff <(json2pystmt a.json) <(json2pystmt b.json)

Library Usage

from json2pystmt import json2pystmt

data = {"users": [{"name": "Alice"}, {"name": "Bob"}]}
lines = json2pystmt(data)
for line in lines:
    print(line)

Output:

root = {}
root['users'] = [None] * 2
root['users'][0] = {}
root['users'][0]['name'] = 'Alice'
root['users'][1] = {}
root['users'][1]['name'] = 'Bob'

API

json2pystmt(jsonobj, rootname="root")

Convert a JSON-compatible object to a list of Python assignment statements.

• jsonobj: Any JSON-compatible Python object (dict, list, str, int, float, bool, None)
• rootname: Variable name to use as the root (default: "root")
• Returns: List of assignment statement strings

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

License

MIT