community_json_normalize.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3


## ------------------------------------------------------------------------
## imports

import re
from pprint import pprint
import requests


## ------------------------------------------------------------------------
## helper fns

def alias_w_no_at(alias):
    if alias.startswith('@'):
        alias = alias[1:]
    return alias

def author_name_as_only_alias(name):
    alias_search = re.search('.*\((.*)\)', name)
    alias = name
    if alias_search:
        alias = alias_search.group(1)
    return alias_w_no_at(alias)

def normalize_author(a):
    authors = []
    if '&' in a:
        authors = [author for author in a.split('&') if len(author.strip()) > 1]
    else:
        authors = a.split(',')
    authors = [author_name_as_only_alias(author.strip()) for author in authors]
    if len(authors) == 1:
        return authors[0]
    return authors



## ------------------------------------------------------------------------
## main

r = requests.get('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monome/norns-community/main/community.json', headers={'Accept': 'application/json'})

script_index = r.json()

for i, script in enumerate(script_index['entries']):
    script['author'] = normalize_author(script['author'])

script_index['entries'] = sorted(script_index['entries'], key=lambda script: script['project_name'])

pprint(script_index)