Script to convert strings xml from android app to a json file used in flutter using the easy localization package

xmlToJsonStrings.py

import os
import json
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

def xml_to_json(xml_file):
  tree = ET.parse(xml_file)
  root = tree.getroot()

  strings = {}
  for child in root:
    if child.tag == 'string':
      name = child.attrib['name']
      text = child.text
      strings[name] = text
  return strings

def main():
  # TODO change base dir
  base_dir = '/Users/felix/code/xyz'
  json_dir = 'json_files'
  if not os.path.exists(json_dir):
    os.makedirs(json_dir)

  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(base_dir):
    if 'strings.xml' in files:
      xml_file = os.path.join(root, 'strings.xml')
      strings = xml_to_json(xml_file)
      language = root.split('/')[-1]
      json_file = os.path.join(json_dir, f'{language}.json')
      with open(json_file, 'w') as f:
        json.dump(strings, f)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()