tree.py

import json
import os
import sys

path = sys.argv[1]

def generate_tree(path):
    tree = []
    dentries = os.listdir(path)

    for d in dentries:
        full_path = os.path.join(path, d)
        node = {
            'text': d,
            'href': '#%s' % d
        }

        if os.path.isdir(full_path):
            node['nodes'] = generate_tree(full_path)
        else:
            node['icon'] = 'fa fa-file-o'
        tree.append(node)

    return tree

tree = generate_tree(path)


print json.dumps(tree, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))