Added a make command for generating json.

Author: patcon

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ setup:
 	pip install -r scripts/requirements-test.txt
 
 validate: setup ## Validate data
-	goodtables datapackage datapackage.json
+	@echo Validation command not yet implemented.
+
+json: setup ## Generate JSON from YAML
+	python scripts/yaml2json.py < data/committees.yml > outputs/committees.json
 
 dummy: ## Perform a dummy action with outputs
 	python scripts/run_dummy_action.py

README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Usage: make <command>
 where <command> is one of the following:
 
 validate             Validate data
+json                 Generate JSON from YAML
 dummy                Perform a dummy action with outputs
 ```
 

scripts/yaml2json.py

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# convert yaml to json
+# pip3 install pyyaml
+# http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAMLDocumentation
+# py3 yaml2json.py < ~/code/manpow/homeland/heartland/puphpet/config.yaml
+# gist https://gist.github.com/noahcoad/51934724e0896184a2340217b383af73
+
+import json
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+
+# See: http://stackoverflow.com/a/25895504
+def date_handler(obj):
+    if hasattr(obj, 'isoformat'):
+        return obj.isoformat()
+    else:
+        raise TypeError
+
+yml = yaml.load(sys.stdin)
+
+sys.stdout.write(json.dumps(yml,
+    sort_keys=True,
+    indent=2,
+    default=date_handler))