JoeGermuska/ TimelineJS pseudo-JSON to JSON conversion challenge

## TimelineJS pseudo-JSON to JSON conversion challenge
I [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JoeGermuska/status/503183667624423424)
> I needed to convert these 58 pseudo-JSON files to real JSON. How would you do it?
> https://github.com/NUKnightLab/TimelineJS/tree/master/source/js/Core/Language/locale … (Kinda proud of my solution TBH)

Here's what I did.

Noah Veltman had [a much leaner solution](https://gist.github.com/veltman/8822eb9a25488c228a52) that used NodeJS. I'm not very savvy with Node, although I started down a solution like Noah's. I got stuck because I didn't consider changing the source files.

## api.py
from flask import Flask
from flask import abort, request, g
from flask import make_response, current_app, send_file, url_for
from flask import jsonify
import json
import codecs
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/js/<filename>')
def serve_js(filename):
  return send_file("/Users/germuska/src/TimelineJS/source/js/Core/Language/locale/" + filename,mimetype="text/javascript")

@app.route('/rewrite/<filename>',methods=['POST'])
def rewrite(filename):
    ofn = "/Users/germuska/src/TimelineJS3/source/js/language/locale/%son" % filename
    with codecs.open(ofn,"wb",encoding="utf-8") as f:
        json.dump(request.json,f,indent=4,ensure_ascii=False)
    return make_response("OK " + ofn)

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return send_file("index.html")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5001, debug=True)

## index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Language rewriter</title>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
    VMM = {}
    function trace(msg) {
        console.log(msg);
    }
    var files = ['af.js', 'ar.js', 'bg.js', 'ca.js', 'cz.js', 'da.js', 'de.js', 'el.js', 'en-24hr.js', 'en-week.js', 'en.js', 'eo.js', 'es.js', 'et.js', 'eu.js', 'fa.js', 'fi.js', 'fo.js', 'fr.js', 'gl.js', 'he.js', 'hr.js', 'hu.js', 'hy.js', 'id.js', 'is.js', 'it.js', 'iw.js', 'ja.js', 'ka.js', 'ko.js', 'lb.js', 'lt.js', 'lv.js', 'ms.js', 'ne.js', 'nl.js', 'no.js', 'pl.js', 'pt-br.js', 'pt.js', 'rm.js', 'ro.js', 'ru.js', 'si.js', 'sk.js', 'sl.js', 'sr-cy.js', 'sr.js', 'sv.js', 'ta.js', 'te.js', 'th.js', 'tl.js', 'tr.js', 'uk.js', 'zh-cn.js', 'zh-tw.js']

    var i = 0;
    function doit(fn) {
        $(document.body).append("<p> Doing:" + fn + "</p>");
        $.getScript("/js/"+fn).done(function(){
            $(document.body).append("<p>posting</p>")
            var done = $.ajax({
                async: false,
                url:"/rewrite/" + fn,
                type:"POST",
                data:JSON.stringify(VMM.Language),
                contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType:"json",
                success: function(){
                    console.log('success',arguments);
                    $(document.body).append("<p>posted</p>");
                }
            });
            $(document.body).append(done.responseText);
            i = i + 1;
            if (i < files.length) {
                doit(files[i]);
            }
        });
    }

    doit(files[0]);
</script>
</body>
</html>
	I [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JoeGermuska/status/503183667624423424)
	> I needed to convert these 58 pseudo-JSON files to real JSON. How would you do it?
	> https://github.com/NUKnightLab/TimelineJS/tree/master/source/js/Core/Language/locale … (Kinda proud of my solution TBH)

	Here's what I did.

	Noah Veltman had [a much leaner solution](https://gist.github.com/veltman/8822eb9a25488c228a52) that used NodeJS. I'm not very savvy with Node, although I started down a solution like Noah's. I got stuck because I didn't consider changing the source files.
	from flask import Flask
	from flask import abort, request, g
	from flask import make_response, current_app, send_file, url_for
	from flask import jsonify
	import json
	import codecs
	app = Flask(__name__)

	@app.route('/js/<filename>')
	def serve_js(filename):
	return send_file("/Users/germuska/src/TimelineJS/source/js/Core/Language/locale/" + filename,mimetype="text/javascript")

	@app.route('/rewrite/<filename>',methods=['POST'])
	def rewrite(filename):
	ofn = "/Users/germuska/src/TimelineJS3/source/js/language/locale/%son" % filename
	with codecs.open(ofn,"wb",encoding="utf-8") as f:
	json.dump(request.json,f,indent=4,ensure_ascii=False)
	return make_response("OK " + ofn)

	@app.route('/')
	def index():
	return send_file("index.html")

	if __name__ == "__main__":
	app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5001, debug=True)
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Language rewriter</title>
	<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.js"></script>
	</head>
	<body>
	<script>
	VMM = {}
	function trace(msg) {
	console.log(msg);
	}
	var files = ['af.js', 'ar.js', 'bg.js', 'ca.js', 'cz.js', 'da.js', 'de.js', 'el.js', 'en-24hr.js', 'en-week.js', 'en.js', 'eo.js', 'es.js', 'et.js', 'eu.js', 'fa.js', 'fi.js', 'fo.js', 'fr.js', 'gl.js', 'he.js', 'hr.js', 'hu.js', 'hy.js', 'id.js', 'is.js', 'it.js', 'iw.js', 'ja.js', 'ka.js', 'ko.js', 'lb.js', 'lt.js', 'lv.js', 'ms.js', 'ne.js', 'nl.js', 'no.js', 'pl.js', 'pt-br.js', 'pt.js', 'rm.js', 'ro.js', 'ru.js', 'si.js', 'sk.js', 'sl.js', 'sr-cy.js', 'sr.js', 'sv.js', 'ta.js', 'te.js', 'th.js', 'tl.js', 'tr.js', 'uk.js', 'zh-cn.js', 'zh-tw.js']

	var i = 0;
	function doit(fn) {
	$(document.body).append("<p> Doing:" + fn + "</p>");
	$.getScript("/js/"+fn).done(function(){
	$(document.body).append("<p>posting</p>")
	var done = $.ajax({
	async: false,
	url:"/rewrite/" + fn,
	type:"POST",
	data:JSON.stringify(VMM.Language),
	contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
	dataType:"json",
	success: function(){
	console.log('success',arguments);
	$(document.body).append("<p>posted</p>");
	}
	});
	$(document.body).append(done.responseText);
	i = i + 1;
	if (i < files.length) {
	doit(files[i]);
	}
	});
	}

	doit(files[0]);
	</script>
	</body>
	</html>