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Convert JSON data to URL encoded form (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import json
from urllib.parse import quote, quote_plus
import sys
import os
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
description='''
JSON to URL-encoded form converter.
If neither --object nor --file is given,
the JSON object is read from standard input.''')
input_parser = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
input_parser.add_argument(
'--object', '-o', dest='obj',
help='JSON object to parse.')
input_parser.add_argument(
'--file', '-f', dest='file',
help='JSON file to parse.')
parser.add_argument(
'--no-plus', dest='quoter',
action='store_const', const=quote, default=quote_plus,
help='Encode a space with %%20 instead of +.')
parser.add_argument(
'--safe', '-s', dest='safe',
help='Safe characters to skip encoding.')
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.file is not None:
with open(args.file, 'r') as f:
data_s = f.read()
elif args.obj is not None:
data_s = args.obj
else:
# read JSON data from stdin
data_s = ''
while True:
line = sys.stdin.readline()
if not line.strip(' \r\n'):
break
data_s += line
if not data_s:
sys.exit(0)
data_dec = json.loads(data_s)
def JSON_to_URL_encode(value, key=None):
def quot(v, **kargs):
if v is None:
return ''
if args.safe is not None:
safe = kargs.pop('safe', '') + args.safe
kargs['safe'] = safe
return args.quoter('{!s}'.format(v), **kargs)
def enc(k, v):
return '{}={}'.format(quot(k, safe='[]'), quot(v))
if isinstance(value, dict):
iterator = value.items()
elif isinstance(value, list):
iterator = enumerate(value)
elif key is None:
# top level object was neither list nor dictionary
raise TypeError('Only lists and dictionaries supported')
else:
return enc(key, value)
res_l = []
for k, v in iterator:
if key is None:
this_key = k
else:
this_key = '{}[{}]'.format(key, k)
res_l.append(JSON_to_URL_encode(v, key=this_key))
return '&'.join(res_l)
print(JSON_to_URL_encode(data_dec))
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