--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/data_manager/make_json.py	Thu Feb 28 02:32:38 2019 -0500
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+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+def main(args):
+    data_manager_entry = {}
+    data_manager_entry['value'] = args.database.lower()
+    data_manager_entry['name'] = args.database
+    data_manager_entry['path'] = '.'
+    data_manager_json = dict(data_tables=dict(kraken2_databases=data_manager_entry))
+    params = json.loads(open(args.output).read())
+    target_directory = params['output_data'][0]['extra_files_path']
+    os.mkdir(target_directory)
+    output_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'kraken2-database')
+    for filename in os.listdir(output_path):
+        shutil.move(os.path.join(output_path, filename), target_directory)
+    file(args.output, 'w').write(json.dumps(data_manager_json))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create data manager json.')
+    parser.add_argument('--db', dest='database', action='store', help='Database name')
+    parser.add_argument('--out', dest='output', action='store', help='JSON filename')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    main(args)