python data file to JSON converter

scripts/data/json_converter.py

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+import argparse
+import json
+import importlib.util
+import sys
+import os
+
+# Set up argument parsing
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert Python passage to JSON file.")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "data_file_path", type=str, help="Path to the Python data file (e.g., data.py)"
+)
+
+# Parse the command-line arguments
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# Dynamically load the module specified by the command line argument
+module_name = "data_module"
+module_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, args.data_file_path)
+if module_spec is None:
+    print("Can't find the specified data file.", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(module_spec)
+module_spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+
+# Extract the passage
+try:
+    passage = module.passage
+except AttributeError:
+    print(
+        "The specified module does not contain a 'passage' variable.", file=sys.stderr
+    )
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Generate the output file name based on the imported file name
+base_name = os.path.basename(args.data_file_path)
+output_file_name = os.path.splitext(base_name)[0] + ".json"
+
+# Write the passage to a JSON file
+with open(output_file_name, "w") as json_file:
+    json.dump(passage, json_file, indent=4)
+
+print(f"Passage has been successfully written to {output_file_name}")