json_to_file.py

import os
import json
from datetime import datetime
from logging import info

def json_to_file(file_loc=False, json_data=None, create_indexes=False, unescape_html=False):
    """Create JSON file object.

    :param file_loc: location of file to write to
    :type file_loc: str, bool
    :param json_data: data to write
    :type json_data: dict, list
    :param create_indexes: whether to create indexes in the values
    :type create_indexes: bool
    :param unescape_html: whether to escape html entities such as & and &gte;
    :type unescape_html: bool
    """
    if create_indexes:
        for idx, element in enumerate(json_data):
            element['id'] = element.get('id', idx)

    if file_loc:
        now = datetime.now()
        date_time = now.strftime("_%m-%d-%Y_%H-%M-%S")
        file, extension = os.path.splitext(file_loc)
        file_loc = file + date_time + extension

        if unescape_html:
            json_data = unescape_html_wrapper(json_data)

        with open(file_loc, "w") as outf:
            json.dump(json_data, outf, allow_nan=False, default=str, indent=2)
        info("Saved output in file: '{0}'.".format(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()), file_loc)))