jsonToMATLAB.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import numpy as np
import json
import scipy.io as sio
import sys

"""
This is a routine to convert my beautiful JSON files into MATLAB terribleness. 
I'm an enabler. I said it.
Max, January 2016
"""

save_path = '/Users/elephant/Dropbox/Elephant Shared Folder/Data/MATLAB Data/'
            
                
if __name__ == '__main__':
    
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        print("\nUsage:\n   python jsonToMATLAB path_to_your_file.json")
        exit()
        
    path = sys.argv[1]
    file_name = path.split('/')[-1][:-5]
    #try:
    f = open(path)
    # This is a list of dictionaries
    data = json.load(f)
    for n, d in enumerate(data):  
        print len(d)
        dict_to_save = d['keithley']
        #dict_to_save['roll'] = d['roll']
        #dict_to_save['pitch'] = d['pitch']
        #dict_to_save['countsA'] = d['countsA']
        #dict_to_save['countsB'] = d['countsB']
        #dict_to_save['gunVoltage'] = d['gunVoltage']
        #dict_to_save['pressure'] = d['pressure']
    
        sio.savemat(save_path+file_name+str(n), dict_to_save)
    #except:
    #    print("Data file not loaded, did you use the wrong path?")