'Convert JSON to CSV Python - Command Line
I'm a novice at coding, so forgive me but sometimes I need a step-by-step walkthrough. I have a large JSON file (544 MB) that I need to convert to CSV. I have code from another forum to run in VS Code (below). But now I'm not sure what to type in Terminal to actually do the conversion for multiple similar files I need to convert.
Here's the code I have, json-convert.py:
from copy import deepcopy
import pandas
import json
def cross_join(left, right):
new_rows = [] if right else left
for left_row in left:
for right_row in right:
temp_row = deepcopy(left_row)
for key, value in right_row.items():
temp_row[key] = value
new_rows.append(deepcopy(temp_row))
return new_rows
def flatten_list(data):
for elem in data:
if isinstance(elem, list):
yield from flatten_list(elem)
else:
yield elem
def json_to_dataframe(data_in):
def flatten_json(data, prev_heading=''):
if isinstance(data, dict):
rows = [{}]
for key, value in data.items():
rows = cross_join(rows, flatten_json(value, prev_heading + '.' + key))
elif isinstance(data, list):
rows = []
for i in range(len(data)):
[rows.append(elem) for elem in flatten_list(flatten_json(data[i], prev_heading))]
else:
rows = [{prev_heading[1:]: data}]
return rows
return pandas.DataFrame(flatten_json(data_in))
if __name__ == '__main__':
f = open('pretty-202009.json')
json_data = json.load(f)
df = json_to_dataframe(json_data)
df.to_csv("flight_csv.csv", sep=',', encoding='utf-8')
# run in terminal for conversion to csv
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