Turns a javascript dictionary into a JSON string

jsonify.py

# jsonify('{ hello: "json", hello_again: { from: ["java", "script"]}}')
# '{ "hello":  "json", "hello_again":  { "from":  ["java", "script"]}}'

# note: before calling better use https://github.com/beautify-web/js-beautify

def jsonify(js_dict_code):
    json_string = js_dict_code
    matches = re.findall(r'(?<![\S"])([^"\s{}\[\],]+:)(?![\S"])', js_dict_code)
    if matches:
        for unquoted in matches:
            quoted = f'"{unquoted.strip()[:-1]}": '
            json_string = json_string.replace(unquoted, quoted, 1)
    return json_string