outputs plain html given JSON from google docs comments

vertonghen.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# usage: vertonghen.py filename.json [-- outfile filename.html]


import argparse
import json

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('infile', help="JSON file to be vertonghen'd")
parser.add_argument('--outfile', help="HTML file to be created from vertonghen'd JSON data", default="vertonghen.html")
args = parser.parse_args()

with open(args.infile) as file:
    with open(args.outfile,'w') as outfile:
        for item in json.loads(''.join(file.readlines()))['items']:
            outfile.write('<div><span>{author[displayName]}</span> | <span>{htmlContent}</span></div>'.format(**item))
            if len(item["replies"]) > 0:
                for reply in item["replies"]:
                    outfile.write('<div class="reply"><span>{author[displayName]}</span> | <span>{htmlContent}</span></div>'.format(**reply))
            outfile.write('<hr>')