riak-admin status to json

gistfile1.py

import re

def is_number(s):
    try:
        float(s)
        return True
    except ValueError:
        return False

def status_to_json(raw_stats):
	# remove all unnecessary symbols and whitespace
	stats = ""

	for line in raw_stats.splitlines():
		stats += line.strip() + '\n'

	stats = stats.replace('<<', '').replace('>>', '')
	stats = stats.replace('\\n', '').replace(',\n', ',')
	stats = stats.replace(": '",': ').replace("'\n","\n")
	stats = stats.replace(': "[', ': [').replace(']"\n',"]\n")
	stats = stats.replace('"',"'")

	matchObj = re.compile(r"^(.*) : (.*)", re.M|re.I)

	json_stats = '{'

	for match in matchObj.finditer(stats):
		key,value = match.groups()

		if (value[0] == "'"):
			value = value[1:-1]

		if not is_number(value):
			value = '"' + value + '"'
		json_stats += '"' + key + '":' + value + ','

	json_stats = json_stats[0:-1]
	json_stats += '}'

	return json_stats


f = open('test.txt', 'r')
print status_to_json(f.read())