Convert a multiline string into a CString usable with C code

unescape_jsonify_cstring.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

import json
import argparse

def rewrite_as_c_string(json_str):
    data = json.loads(json_str)
    formatted_json = json.dumps(data, indent=4)
    c_string = '"' + formatted_json.replace('"', '\\"').replace('\n', '\\n"\n"') + '"'
    return c_string

def main(args):
    es = args.input
    #us = es.replace('\\\\\"', '"')
    #us = es.replace('\\"', '"').replace('\\t', '').replace('\\n', '')
    us = es.replace('\\\\\"', '"').replace('\\"', '"').replace('\\t', '').replace('\\n', '').replace('\\', '')

    #us = urllib.parse.unquote(es)
    # print()
    # print(us)

    json_object = json.loads(us)
    formatted_json = json.dumps(json_object, indent=4)
    # print(formatted_json)

    c_string = rewrite_as_c_string(formatted_json)
    print(c_string)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="A script to transform a multiline string into a CString")
    parser.add_argument("-i", "--input", required=True, help="Input string")
    
    args = parser.parse_args()
    
    main(args)