''' Converts a binary file into JSON. This lets you transform a binary file into something you can easily bundle inside a web page. Usage: file2json.py FILENAME VARNAME FILENAME - the binary file VARNAME - the variable to store it in (the output will be VARNAME = [...]) ''' import os, sys data = open(sys.argv[1], 'r').read() sdata = map(lambda x: str(ord(x)) + ',', data) sdata[-1] = sdata[-1].replace(',', '') lined = [] while len(sdata) > 0: lined += sdata[:30] sdata = sdata[30:] if len(sdata) > 0: lined += ['\n'] json = '[' + ''.join(lined) + ']' if len(sys.argv) < 3: print json else: print 'var ' + sys.argv[2] + '=' + json + ';' ''' or (but this fails, we get a string at runtime?) data = open(sys.argv[1], 'r').read() counter = 0 print '[', for i in range(len(data)): last = i == len(data)-1 print ord(data[i]), counter += 1 if counter % 20 == 0: print if counter % 1005 == 0 and not last: print '] + [', elif not last: print ',', print ']' '''