Simple utility functions used throughout my research.

utils.py

import datetime
import json
import requests

def unix_to_date(unix_int):
  if type(unix_int) == type(''):
    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(unix_int)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
  elif type(unix_int) == type(0):
    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(unix_int).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
  else:
    raise Exception('Provided Unix time was not of type int or string')
 
def file_to_str(filepath):
  if type(filepath) == type(''):
    with open(filepath, 'r') as this_file:
      return this_file.read()
  else:
    raise Exception('Provided filepath not a string')

def str_to_file(str, filepath):
  if type(filepath) == type(''):
    with open(filepath, "w") as text_file:
      text_file.write(str)
  else:
    raise Exception('Provided filepath not a string')

def json_to_dict(str):
  return json.loads(str)

def dict_to_json(dict):
  return json.dumps(dict)

def urlopen(url):
  return requests.get(url)