tools/clean.py

import json
import re

def Clean_output_file(input_file_path, output_file_path):
    with open(input_file_path, 'r') as input_file, open(output_file_path, 'w') as output_file:
        for line in input_file:
            # Load the line as a JSON object
            item = json.loads(line)

            # Check if 'text' field exists
            if 'text' in item:
                patterns_to_remove = [
                    r'Author:.*?\n',  # Remove author part
                    r'\+ More articles by.*?\n',  # Remove "+ More articles" lines
                    r'- Hide list.*?\n',  # Remove "- Hide list" lines
                    r'Rating:.*?\n',  # Remove lines starting with "Rating:"
                    r'\n\uf129\n.*?\n',  # Remove lines with special characters and any text until the next newline                    
                ]

                # Apply each pattern removal
                for pattern in patterns_to_remove:
                    item['text'] = re.sub(pattern, '', item['text'], flags=re.DOTALL)
                # Replace specific unicode characters with a space or equivalent character
                item['text'] = item['text'].replace('\u00a0', ' ')
                item['text'] = item['text'].replace('\u2008', ' ')
                item['text'] = item['text'].replace('\u2019', '\'')

                # Remove extra newline characters
                item['text'] = re.sub(r'\n\s*\n', '\n\n', item['text'])

                # Check for unwanted phrases and skip the line if any are found
                if ("This page doesn" in item['text'] or
                    "+ Show component code" in item['text'] or
                    "position: relative" in item['text'] or 
                    "Don't forget to fill out this" in item['text']or 
                    "Table of Contents" in item['text'] or
                    "Tales by SCP Series" in item['text']) :
                    continue  # Skip this line

                # Remove "rating: +" and any text until the next newline
                item['text'] = re.sub(r'rating: \+.*?\n', '', item['text'], flags=re.DOTALL)

            # Write the updated item back to the file if it doesn't contain unwanted phrases
            json.dump(item, output_file)
            output_file.write('\n')


# stories 
for num in range(1,9):
     input_file_path = f'scp_stories{num}.jsonl'  # Replace with your input file path
     output_file_path = f'stories{num}.jsonl'  # Replace with your desired output file path
     Clean_output_file(input_file_path, output_file_path)

# tales
input_file_path = f'scp_tales.jsonl'  # Replace with your input file path
output_file_path = f'scp_tales_cleaned.jsonl'  # Replace with your desired output file path            
Clean_output_file(input_file_path, output_file_path)

# jokes                
input_file_path = f'scp_jokes.jsonl'  # Replace with your input file path
output_file_path = f'jokes-cleaned.jsonl'  # Replace with your desired output file path
Clean_output_file(input_file_path, output_file_path)