Simple python script to transform CSV to JSON

csv-to-json.py

# usage: python csv-to-json.py the.csv
# based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3428532/how-to-import-a-csv-file-using-python-with-headers-intact-where-first-column-is#3428562
import csv
import json
import sys

csvfile = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
out = json.dumps( [ row for row in reader ] )
sys.stdout.write(out)