Parse multiple jsons from one input blob

multi_json.py

import json


test_json = """\
[
1,
2,
3
]
[
4,
5,
6
]"""


def split_schedds(schedds_iter):
    exhausted = [False]

    def schedd_iter():
        """Iterator for individual schedd block"""
        for line in schedds_iter:
            yield line
            if line == ']\n':
                break
        else:
            exhausted[0] = True
    while not exhausted[0]:
        _buffer = list(schedd_iter())
        if _buffer:
            yield _buffer


def parse_schedd(schedd_iter):
    buff = ''.join(schedd_iter)
    return json.loads(buff)

for schedd in split_schedds(iter(line + '\n' for line in test_json.split('\n'))):
    print(parse_schedd(schedd))