get list of packages and their descriptions

listvckgport.py

import os
import json
import sys
import codecs

sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf8')(sys.stdout)

def save(dat):
    with open('dump', 'a') as file:
        file.write(dat)
        #file.close()


def readfile(file):
    f = open(file, "r")
    return f.read()

def parseDes(input):
    js = readfile(input)
    parsed = json.loads(js)
    save(parsed["name"] + ": ")
    try:
        desc = parsed["description"]
        if(desc is not None):
            save(desc)
            save("\r\n\n")
    except:
        pass




directory = "/vcpkg/ports"

for filename in os.listdir(directory):
    temp = os.path.join(directory, filename)
    f = os.path.join(temp, "vcpkg.json")
    if(os.path.isfile(f)):
        parseDes(f)
    
print("Done!")