#! python2 import io, os, json, re from collections import OrderedDict with io.open('_locales/en/messages.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: english_placeholders = [(k, v['placeholders']) for k,v in json.load(f).items() if 'placeholders' in v] for locale_name in os.listdir('_locales'): if locale_name == 'en': continue loc_path = '_locales/' + locale_name + '/messages.json' with io.open(loc_path, 'r+', encoding='utf-8') as f: loc = json.load(f, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict) changed = 0 for msgId, placeholder in english_placeholders: if msgId in loc and cmp(placeholder, loc[msgId].get('placeholders', None))!=0: loc[msgId]['placeholders'] = placeholder changed += 1 if changed > 0: f.seek(0) json_str = json.dumps(loc, indent=1, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ': '), encoding='utf-8') json_tabs = re.sub(r'^\s+', lambda s: s.group(0).replace(' ', '\t'), json_str, flags=re.MULTILINE) f.write(json_tabs) f.truncate() print 'Placeholders added to %s: %d' % (locale_name, changed)