Merge "add better validation checks (part 1)"

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/validate-json.py b/tools/validate-json.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+
+def parse_args():
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument('input', nargs='*')
+    return p.parse_args()
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    logging.basicConfig()
+    res = 0
+
+    for filename in args.input:
+        with open(filename) as fd:
+            try:
+                data = json.load(fd)
+            except ValueError as error:
+                res = 1
+                logging.error('%s failed validation: %s',
+                              filename, error)
+
+    sys.exit(res)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+