Parse Keys for Latin Perseus Corpora

latin_key.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, os.path
import json

story = {}
count = 0
info = []


for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk("latin_text_perseus/"):
	for filename in [f for f in filenames if f.endswith(".json")]:
		with open(os.path.join(dirpath, filename), "r") as reading:

			data = json.loads(reading.read())
			author = dirpath.split('/')[1]

			try:               
				story[filename] = data['TEI.2']['teiHeader']['encodingDesc']['refsDecl']
				author = { "name": author, "title": filename }
				author.update( {"encoding": story[filename]})
				info.append(author)
				count += 1
					
			except:
				story[filename] = data['TEI.2']['teiHeader']['encodingDesc']
				author = {"name": author, "title": filename}
				author.update({"encoding": story[filename]})
				info.append(author)
				count += 1

with open("latin_key.json", 'w') as outfile:
	json.dump(info, outfile, indent = 4, sort_keys = True)