Python snippet to convert a json file to csv

json_to_csv.py

import os
import sys
import json
import csv

fin = sys.argv[1]
fout = os.path.splitext(fin)[0]+'.csv'

with open(fin) as f:
   j = [json.loads(i) for i in f.readlines()]

with open(fout,"wb") as f:
   csvwriter = csv.writer(f, lineterminator = '\n')
   csvwriter.writerow(j[0].keys())
   for row in j:
      csvwriter.writerow(row.values())