json for config files

write_names.py

import io,json
from collections import OrderedDict as od

#need to add keys one at a time to preserve order
key_order=[('ticket_db','tickets_2014.db'),
           ('ticket_info','2013_ticket_charges.csv'),
           ('ticket_history','ticket_history2014.csv'),
           ('amor_corrections','amor_corrections.json'),
           ('student','students.json')]

name_dict=od()
for key,value in key_order:
    name_dict[key] = value
               
with io.open('names.json','w',encoding='utf8') as f:
      f.write(json.dumps(name_dict,indent=4,ensure_ascii=False,encoding='utf-8'))

with io.open('names.json','r',encoding='utf8') as f:
    name_dict=json.loads(f.read(),object_pairs_hook=od)