hack to convert js object to json string

to_json.py

import re
import json

PRIMITIVE_DATA_GROUPER = r"(?P<initiator>\{|)(\s|)(?P<key>\w+):(\"|)(?P<value>(\B|[\w\s:-]+|\w+\((\"|)\w+(\"|)\)|function\(\)\{[\s\w\"\?\=:-]+\}))(\"|)(?P<terminator>,|\}|\},|\s,)"
OBJECT_DATA_GROUPER = r"(?P<key>\w+):(?P<identifier_token>(\{|\[))"


def get_data():
    with open("data") as f:
        content = f.read()
    return content


def strip(content):
    return re.sub("[\\n\\t]+", "", content)


def stringify_content(content):

    def replace_primitives(match_obj):
        group_dict = match_obj.groupdict()
        group_dict["key"] = '"%s"' % group_dict["key"]

        if not group_dict["value"].startswith('"'):
            group_dict["value"] = json.dumps(group_dict["value"])

        return "{initiator}{key}:{value}{terminator}".format(**group_dict)

    replaced_content = re.sub(PRIMITIVE_DATA_GROUPER, replace_primitives, content)

    return re.sub(OBJECT_DATA_GROUPER, '"\g<key>":\g<identifier_token>', replaced_content)


def main():
    content = strip(get_data())
    with open("data_1", "w") as f:
        f.write(stringify_content(content))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()