orechanger.py

import json
from argparse import ArgumentParser
import shutil

parser = ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", dest="filename",
		help="Read in existing ore pool FILE, makes a backup .bak copy, modifies each ore value upward, based on multiplier.  Writes back the changes to the original file", metavar="FILE")
parser.add_argument("-m", dest="multi",
		help="Multiplier value, integers only")
parser.add_argument("-p", dest="place",
		help="Placeholder for zero values.  Many ores can be 0, but if you want to put something in it's place, say 10, and that gets multiplied, this will fix you up.  Integers only.")

args = parser.parse_args()

# checking for bad input
if args.multi == "0" or args.multi == None:
	# nothing to do, they don't want to increase the value
	print("You entered 0 for the multiplier, nothing to do, exiting, please play again.")
	exit()

# if values are 0, then set a base value of placeholder
if args.place == "0" or args.place == None:
	# no place holder, leaving 0's
	placeholder = 0
	multi = int(args.multi)
else:
	multi = int(args.multi)
	place = int(args.place)
	placeholder = place * multi

# create a backup of the original, name it as .bak
backup = args.filename + ".bak"
try:
	shutil.copyfile(args.filename,backup)
except:
	print("File : ",args.filename," not found, check syntax")
	exit()

# open up the ore file
with open(args.filename) as f:
	json_data = json.load(f)

# Iterate through each top-level key in the JSON
for ore in json_data:
    # Check if the value associated with the key is a dictionary
    if isinstance(json_data[ore], dict):
        # Iterate through the inner dictionary
        for tile in json_data[ore]:
            # Example modification: Increment each value by 1
            if isinstance(json_data[ore][tile], (int, float)):
                if json_data[ore][tile] == 0:
                    json_data[ore][tile] = placeholder
                else:
                    json_data[ore][tile] *= multi

# Save the modified data back to a file
print ("Writing output to",args.filename)
with open(args.filename, 'w') as file:
    json.dump(json_data, file, indent=4)