Parse out domains from exported Validin JSON data

validin-domain-parser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import json
import sys
import os

def extract_domains(json_file_path):
  try:
    # Open and load the JSON file
    with open(json_file_path, "r") as file:
      data = json.load(file)
    
    # Extract domain names
    domains = [entry["value"] for entry in data]
    
    # Create 'output' directory if it doesn't exist
    output_dir = "output"
    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
    
    # Write the domains to a new text file
    base_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(json_file_path))[0]
    output_file_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{base_name}_domains.txt")
    with open(output_file_path, "w") as output_file:
      for domain in domains:
        output_file.write(f"{domain}\n")
    
    print(f"Domains have been extracted and saved to {output_file_path}")
  except Exception as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
  if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print("Usage: python3 validin-domain-parser.py <path_to_json_file>")
  else:
    json_file_path = sys.argv[1]
    extract_domains(json_file_path)