JSON to CSV

json2csv.py

#!/bin/python3

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import json
import csv
import argparse
import sys

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert JSON to pretty CSV', epilog='P.S. Trust The Plan')
parser.add_argument('--input', help='JSON File, or stdin if not specified', type=argparse.FileType('r'), default=sys.stdin)
parser.add_argument('--output', help='CSV File, or stdout if not specified', type=argparse.FileType('w'), default=sys.stdout)
args = parser.parse_args()

csv_writer = csv.writer(args.output)
t = json.loads(args.input.read())

for k in t.keys():
    csv_writer.writerow((k, t[k]))