Creates Full paths from root node to leaf node in a JSON file

create_json_paths.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

# This programm will create paths from root nodes to leafnodes along with values from any json file or structure.

import json
import pprint


json_data = open('sample_json_file.json', 'r').read()
json_dict = json.loads(json_data)

stack = []
final_dict = {}

def do_walk(datadict):

    if isinstance(datadict, dict):
        for key, value in datadict.items():
            stack.append(key)
            #print("/".join(stack))
            if isinstance(value, dict) and len(value.keys()) == 0:
                final_dict["/".join(stack)] = "EMPTY_DICT"
            if isinstance(value, list) and len(value) == 0:
                final_dict["/".join(stack)] = 'EMPTY_LIST'
            if isinstance(value, dict):
                do_walk(value)
            if isinstance(value, list):
                do_walk(value)
            if isinstance(value, unicode):
                final_dict["/".join(stack)] = value
            stack.pop()

    if isinstance(datadict, list):
        n = 0
        for key in datadict:
            stack.append(str(n))
            n = n + 1
            if isinstance(key, dict):
                do_walk(key)
            if isinstance(key, list):
                do_walk(key)
            if isinstance(key, unicode):
                final_dict["/".join(stack)] = key
            stack.pop()


do_walk(json_dict)
pprint.pprint(final_dict)