third_party/RULER/scripts/data/manifest_utils.py

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import json


def write_manifest(output_path, target_manifest, ensure_ascii: bool = True):
    """
    Write to manifest file

    Args:
        output_path (str or Path): Path to output manifest file
        target_manifest (list): List of manifest file entries
        ensure_ascii (bool): default is True, meaning the output is guaranteed to have all incoming
                             non-ASCII characters escaped. If ensure_ascii is false, these characters
                             will be output as-is.
    """
    with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as outfile:
        for tgt in target_manifest:
            json.dump(tgt, outfile, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii)
            outfile.write('\n')