| import json | |
| from difflib import SequenceMatcher | |
| def similar(a, b): | |
| return SequenceMatcher(None, a, b).ratio() | |
| def json_compare(obj1, obj2): | |
| ''' | |
| :param obj1: a string object that is ideal to be in json format | |
| :param obj2: a string object that is ideal to be in json format | |
| :return similarity: a measure of similarity between two objects ranging from 0 to 1 | |
| ''' | |
| obj1_is_json = True | |
| obj2_is_json = True | |
| try: | |
| obj1_json = json.loads(obj1) | |
| except: | |
| obj1_is_json = False | |
| try: | |
| obj2_json = json.loads(obj2) | |
| except: | |
| obj2_is_json = False | |
| if not obj1_is_json and not obj2_is_json: | |
| return similar(obj1, obj2) # a typical 0.6 should be considered as match | |
| elif obj2_is_json and obj1_is_json: | |
| pass # proper measure of similarities in two json file | |
| # for now, we temporarily assume that the two files are in the same format. | |
| return 1 | |
| else: | |
| # one is json, the other is not. This is clear that the two objects are not the same. | |
| return 0 | |