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Flexible Json decoder
"""Implementation of a flexible JSON decoder
import json
from json_decoder import FlexibleJSONDecoder
j = json.loads(raw, cls=FlexibleJSONDecoder)
"""
import json
import re
from json import scanner, JSONDecodeError
try:
from _json import scanstring as c_scanstring
except ImportError:
c_scanstring = None
FLAGS = re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL
NaN = float('nan')
PosInf = float('inf')
NegInf = float('-inf')
_CONSTANTS = {
'-Infinity': NegInf,
'Infinity': PosInf,
'NaN': NaN,
}
STRINGCHUNK = re.compile(r'(.*?)(["\\\x00-\x1f])', FLAGS)
BACKSLASH = {
'"': '"', '\\': '\\', '/': '/',
'b': '\b', 'f': '\f', 'n': '\n', 'r': '\r', 't': '\t',
}
def _decode_uXXXX(s, pos):
esc = s[pos + 1:pos + 5]
if len(esc) == 4 and esc[1] not in 'xX':
try:
return int(esc, 16)
except ValueError:
pass
msg = "Invalid \\uXXXX escape"
raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, pos)
def py_scanstring(s, end, strict=True,
_b=BACKSLASH, _m=STRINGCHUNK.match):
"""Scan the string s for a JSON string. End is the index of the
character in s after the quote that started the JSON string.
Unescapes all valid JSON string escape sequences and raises ValueError
on attempt to decode an invalid string. If strict is False then literal
control characters are allowed in the string.
Returns a tuple of the decoded string and the index of the character in s
after the end quote."""
chunks = []
_append = chunks.append
begin = end - 1
while 1:
chunk = _m(s, end)
if chunk is None:
raise JSONDecodeError("Unterminated string starting at", s, begin)
end = chunk.end()
content, terminator = chunk.groups()
# Content is contains zero or more unescaped string characters
if content:
_append(content)
# Terminator is the end of string, a literal control character,
# or a backslash denoting that an escape sequence follows
if terminator == '"':
break
elif terminator != '\\':
if strict:
#msg = "Invalid control character %r at" % (terminator,)
msg = "Invalid control character {0!r} at".format(terminator)
raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
else:
_append(terminator)
continue
try:
esc = s[end]
except IndexError:
raise JSONDecodeError("Unterminated string starting at",
s, begin) from None
# If not a unicode escape sequence, must be in the lookup table
if esc != 'u':
try:
char = _b[esc]
except KeyError:
msg = "Invalid \\escape: {0!r}".format(esc)
raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
end += 1
else:
uni = _decode_uXXXX(s, end)
end += 5
if 0xd800 <= uni <= 0xdbff and s[end:end + 2] == '\\u':
uni2 = _decode_uXXXX(s, end + 1)
if 0xdc00 <= uni2 <= 0xdfff:
uni = 0x10000 + (((uni - 0xd800) << 10) | (uni2 - 0xdc00))
end += 6
char = chr(uni)
_append(char)
return ''.join(chunks), end
# Use speedup if available
scanstring = c_scanstring or py_scanstring
WHITESPACE = re.compile(r'([ \t\n\r]|//.*?\n)*', FLAGS)
WHITESPACE_STR = ' \t\n\r/'
def FlexibleJSONObject(s_and_end, strict, scan_once, object_hook, object_pairs_hook,
memo=None, _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
s, end = s_and_end
pairs = []
pairs_append = pairs.append
# Backwards compatibility
if memo is None:
memo = {}
memo_get = memo.setdefault
# Use a slice to prevent IndexError from being raised, the following
# check will raise a more specific ValueError if the string is empty
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
# Normally we expect nextchar == '"'
if nextchar != '"':
if nextchar in _ws:
end = _w(s, end).end()
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
# Trivial empty object
if nextchar == '}':
if object_pairs_hook is not None:
result = object_pairs_hook(pairs)
return result, end + 1
pairs = {}
if object_hook is not None:
pairs = object_hook(pairs)
return pairs, end + 1
elif nextchar != '"':
raise JSONDecodeError(
"Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes", s, end)
end += 1
while True:
key, end = scanstring(s, end, strict)
key = memo_get(key, key)
# To skip some function call overhead we optimize the fast paths where
# the JSON key separator is ": " or just ":".
if s[end:end + 1] != ':':
end = _w(s, end).end()
if s[end:end + 1] != ':':
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting ':' delimiter", s, end)
end += 1
try:
if s[end] in _ws:
end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
except IndexError:
pass
try:
value, end = scan_once(s, end)
except StopIteration as err:
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
pairs_append((key, value))
try:
nextchar = s[end]
if nextchar in _ws:
end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
nextchar = s[end]
except IndexError:
nextchar = ''
end += 1
if nextchar == '}':
break
elif nextchar != ',':
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting ',' delimiter", s, end - 1)
end = _w(s, end).end()
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
end += 1
if nextchar == '}':
break
elif nextchar != '"':
raise JSONDecodeError(
"Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes", s, end - 1)
if object_pairs_hook is not None:
result = object_pairs_hook(pairs)
return result, end
pairs = dict(pairs)
if object_hook is not None:
pairs = object_hook(pairs)
return pairs, end
def FlexibleJSONArray(s_and_end, scan_once, _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
s, end = s_and_end
values = []
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
if nextchar in _ws:
end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
# Look-ahead for trivial empty array
if nextchar == ']':
return values, end + 1
_append = values.append
while True:
try:
value, end = scan_once(s, end)
except StopIteration as err:
if s[err.value] == ']':
return values, err.value + 1
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
_append(value)
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
if nextchar in _ws:
end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
end += 1
if nextchar == ']':
break
elif nextchar != ',':
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting ',' delimiter", s, end - 1)
try:
if s[end] in _ws:
end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
except IndexError:
pass
return values, end
class FlexibleJSONDecoder(json.JSONDecoder):
"""JSON decoder. It allows for trailing commas."""
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.parse_object = FlexibleJSONObject
self.parse_array = FlexibleJSONArray
self.scan_once = scanner.py_make_scanner(self)
def decode(self, s, _w=WHITESPACE.match):
"""Return the Python representation of ``s`` (a ``str`` instance
containing a JSON document).
"""
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
end = _w(s, end).end()
if end != len(s):
raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end)
return obj
def raw_decode(self, s, idx=0):
"""Decode a JSON document from ``s`` (a ``str`` beginning with
a JSON document) and return a 2-tuple of the Python
representation and the index in ``s`` where the document ended.
This can be used to decode a JSON document from a string that may
have extraneous data at the end.
"""
try:
obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
except StopIteration as err:
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
return obj, end
if __name__ == '__main__':
def test(raw, expected):
decoded = json.loads(raw, cls=FlexibleJSONDecoder)
assert decoded == expected
test('{"foo": "bar"}', {"foo":"bar"})
test('{"foo": "bar", }', {"foo":"bar"})
test('["foo", "bar"]', ["foo", "bar"])
test('["foo", "bar", ]', ["foo", "bar"])
test('["foo", {"bar": "baz"}]', ["foo", {"bar": "baz"}])
test('["foo", {"bar": "baz",},]', ["foo", {"bar": "baz"}])
test('''[
"foo",
// Note the comment and the trailing comma
"bar",
]''', ["foo", "bar"])
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