Source code for tyssue.config.json_parser

"""Configuration management - json interface
"""

import json
import logging
import os

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def load_spec(fname):

    with open(fname, "r") as config_file:
        spec = json.load(config_file)
    return spec


def save_spec(spec, fname, overwrite=False):
    """Saves a specification file to json

    Parameters
    ----------

    spec : dict,
      The specification nested dictionaries to be saved
    fname: str,
      The file name, can be a path
    overwrite: bool,
      Wheter or not to overwrite an existing file, default False

    """
    if not overwrite:
        if os.path.isfile(fname):
            raise IOError(
                """%s exists and overwriting is prevented
Please set `overwrite` to True
"""
                % fname
            )
    with open(fname, "w+") as config_file:
        json.dump(spec, config_file)