basic_log_reader.py

import datetime
import json


def read_date(line):
    dt = line[line.index('[') + 1: line.index(']')]
    dt = dt.split(" ")[0]
    return datetime.strptime(dt, '%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S')


def read_json(line):
    json_obj = line[line.index('{'):(line.rfind('}')+1)]
    json_obj = json_obj.decode('string_escape')
    return json.loads(json_obj)


def read_file(some_file_name):
    result = {}
    with open(some_file_name) as f:
        txt = f.read().split('\n')
        for i in txt:
            if 'POST' in i:
                result[read_date(i)] = read_json(i)
    return result