Check if two JSON objects are the same by first ordering them
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import json, os | |
# Put filenames here; this script assumes these files are in the same dir as the script | |
FILENAME_1 = "2.json" | |
FILENAME_2 = "3.json" | |
def ordered(obj): | |
if isinstance(obj, dict): | |
return sorted((k, ordered(v)) for k, v in obj.items()) | |
if isinstance(obj, list): | |
return sorted(ordered(x) for x in obj) | |
else: | |
return obj | |
def main(): | |
files = [FILENAME_1, FILENAME_2] | |
ordered_files = [] | |
for filename in files: | |
path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename) | |
with open(path) as f: | |
file_parsed = json.load(f) | |
file_ordered = ordered(file_parsed) | |
ordered_files.append(file_ordered) | |
new_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), f"{os.path.splitext(filename)[0]}_prettier.json") | |
with open(new_path, "w+") as new_file: | |
json.dump(file_ordered, new_file, indent=4, sort_keys=True) | |
print(ordered_files[0] == ordered_files[1]) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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Also thanks to @mythmon for giving this a look over! My Python skills are quite basic. Latest revision (6) with his feedback.