Convert an Apple Binary Property List (bplist) to json

bplist2json.py

"""
Convert an Apple Binary Property List (bplist) to json
"""

import ccl_bplist # https://github.com/cclgroupltd/ccl-bplist

from datetime import datetime

def clean_archive(d):
    if type(d) in [dict, ccl_bplist.NsKeyedArchiverDictionary]:
        return {k:clean_archive(v) for k,v in d.iteritems() if not k.startswith('$')}
    elif type(d) == ccl_bplist.NsKeyedArchiverList:
        return [clean_archive(i) for i in d]
    else:
        return d

def bplist_dict(fobj):
    """Convert a bplist file object to python dict"""
    plist = ccl_bplist.load(fobj)
    ccl_bplist.set_object_converter(ccl_bplist.NSKeyedArchiver_common_objects_convertor)
    archive = ccl_bplist.deserialise_NsKeyedArchiver(plist)
    return clean_archive(archive)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import argparse, sys, json
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
    parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('r'),
        default=sys.stdin, help='default: stdin')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    class DateTimeEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
        def default(self, o):
            if isinstance(o, datetime):
                return o.isoformat()
            return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)

    print json.dumps(bplist_dict(args.input), cls=DateTimeEncoder, indent=4)