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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# File: j2c.py
+# Location: https://gitlab.com/bgstack15/j2c
+# Author: bgstack15
+# Startdate: 2021-01-16
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+# Title: Json To CSV Library for Python
+# Purpose: NIH
+# History:
+# Usage:
+# Reference:
+# Improve:
+# Documentation:
+# vim: set ts=3 sw=3 sts=3 et:
+import json, sys, os
+
+# default debug level for this library
+debug = 0
+
+def load_json_file(filename):
+   _lof=[]
+   with open(filename,"r") as f:
+      _lof = json.load(f)
+   return _lof
+
+def debugprint(dstring,debug=debug):
+   if debug >= 1:
+      print(dstring)
+
+def print_json(json_obj,indent=1):
+   print(json.dumps(json_obj,indent=indent))
+
+def convert_json_to_csv(json_objorfile,csvfile="stdout",debug=debug):
+
+   try:
+      if os.path.exists(json_objorfile):
+         json_obj = load_json_file(json_objorfile)
+   except:
+      json_obj = json_objorfile
+      print("json_obj=",json_obj)
+
+   # Learn keys at this level
+   keys=[]
+   for i in json_obj:
+      for j in list(i.keys()):
+         if j not in keys:
+            keys.append(j)
+            debugprint("Found key {0}".format(j),debug=debug)
+
+   #for k in keys:
+   #    print(k)
+
+   x=0
+   fullstring=""
+   for i in json_obj:
+      x += 1
+      # only if there are actually contents of "all" do we print the headers
+      if x == 1:
+         for k in keys:
+            fullstring += str(k) + ","
+         fullstring += "\n"
+      for k in keys:
+         p = ""
+         try:
+            p = str(i[k]).replace(",",":")
+         except:
+            # no value for this key for this entry
+            pass
+         pp = "{0},".format(p)
+         fullstring += pp
+      fullstring += "\n"
+
+   if fullstring != "":
+      if csvfile == "stdout":
+         print(fullstring)
+      else:
+         with open(csvfile,"a") as of:
+            of.write(fullstring)