--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/explodeJSON.py	Mon Jun 05 02:53:18 2023 +0000
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+import json
+
+
+class explodeJSON:
+    def __init__(self, file):
+        self.file = file
+
+    def readJSON(self):
+        """returns dictionary object for reading a JSON"""
+        with open(self.file) as j:
+            myObj = json.load(j)
+
+        return myObj
+
+    def explode(self):
+        """Makes a list of each embedded list from the database JSON"""
+
+        data = self.readJSON()
+
+        terms = []
+        for v in data.values():
+            for term in v:
+                terms.append(term)
+
+        return terms
+
+
+### Dictionary Functions
+def save_dict_to_json(obj, filename="output.json"):
+    with open(filename, "w") as js:
+        print("saved {} as json".format(filename))
+        json.dump(obj, js, indent=4)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    query = []
+    filepath = "test-data/"
+    filename = "test.json"
+    e = explodeJSON(file=filepath + filename)
+    data = e.readJSON()
+    print(data)
+    for k, v in data.items():
+        for term in v:
+            print(k + ":" + term)  # print global term to synonym / children terms.
+
+    print("++ ========= ++")
+
+    terms = e.explode()
+    print(terms)
+
+    test = {"math": ["algebra", "calculus"]}
+    print(type(test))
+    save_dict_to_json(obj=test, filename="test-output.json")