#!/usr/bin/env python """ Takes as arguments: 1. the path to a JSON file (such as an IPython notebook). 2. the path to output file If 'metadata' dict in the JSON file contains 'include_in_docs': true, then copies the file to output file, appending the 'metadata' property as YAML front-matter, adding the field 'category' with value 'notebook'. """ import os import sys import json filename = sys.argv[1] output_filename = sys.argv[2] content = json.load(open(filename)) if 'include_in_docs' in content['metadata'] and content['metadata']['include_in_docs']: yaml_frontmatter = ['---'] for key, val in content['metadata'].iteritems(): if key == 'example_name': key = 'title' if val == '': val = os.path.basename(filename) yaml_frontmatter.append('{}: {}'.format(key, val)) yaml_frontmatter += ['category: notebook'] yaml_frontmatter += ['original_path: ' + filename] with open(output_filename, 'w') as fo: fo.write('\n'.join(yaml_frontmatter + ['---']) + '\n') fo.write(open(filename).read())