Python script to change the structure within json files

change_property_nesting_in_json_file.py

import json
def updateJsonFile(fileName):
	jsonFile = open(fileName, "r") # Open the JSON file for reading
	data = json.load(jsonFile) # Read the JSON into the buffer
	jsonFile.close() # Close the JSON file


	for data1 in data:
		if 'property1' in data1:

			property2 = {}
			if 'property2' in data1:
				property2 = data1['property2']

			data1['associate'] = {
				'property1': data1['property1'],
				'property2': property2
			}

			if 'property1' in data1:
				del data1['property1']
			if 'property2' in data1:
				del data1['property2']

	## Save our changes to JSON file
	jsonFile = open(fileName, "w+")
	jsonFile.write(json.dumps(data, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
	jsonFile.close()

file_list = [
	'filePath1',
	'filePath2'
]
for file_name in file_list:
	updateJsonFile(file_name)