json_to_file.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import urllib.request
import json
import datetime

timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")

file_output = '{0}-daily-data.json'.format(timestamp)

def handle(url):

    response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)

    data = json.load(response)

    with open(file_output, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        json.dump(data['features'], f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)

    print('File saved to {0}'.format(file_output))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    handle('')