Add JSON output option

boggler/__main__.py

@@ -44,47 +44,41 @@ def main():
         print("Invalid MAX_WORD_LENGTH. Please try again with a valid integer.")
         sys.exit()
 
-    try:
-        boggle_tree = build_full_boggle_tree(boggle_board, args.wordlists)
+    boggle_tree = build_full_boggle_tree(boggle_board, args.wordlists)
 
-        if args.format:
-            match args.format.lower():
-                case "txt":
-                    word_paths = [start_block.word_paths for start_block in boggle_tree.values()]
-                    data = list(chain(*word_paths))
-                    if args.include_path:
-                        data = [f"{line[0]} {line[1]}" for line in data]
-                    else:
-                        data = [x[0] for x in data]
-                        if args.dedup:
-                            data = list(set(data))
+    if args.format:
+        match args.format.lower():
+            case "txt":
+                word_paths = [start_block.word_paths for start_block in boggle_tree.values()]
+                data = list(chain(*word_paths))
+                if args.include_path:
+                    data = [f"{line[0]} {line[1]}" for line in data]
+                else:
+                    data = [x[0] for x in data]
+                    if args.dedup:
+                        data = list(set(data))
 
-                    if args.sort:
-                        data.sort()
+                if args.sort:
+                    data.sort()
 
-                    for line in data:
-                        print(line)
+                for line in data:
+                    print(line)
 
+            case "json":
+                data = { str(k):v.word_paths for k,v in boggle_tree.items()}
+                print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
+            case _:
+                print(f"Invalid format (-f) option provided: \"{args.format}\"")
+                sys.exit()
 
-                case "json":
-                    pass
-                case _:
-                    print(f"Invalid format (-f) option provided: \"{args.format}\"")
-                    sys.exit()
+    else:
+        print("\nBOARD")
+        print(boggle_board)
 
-        else:
-            print("\nBOARD")
-            print(boggle_board)
-
-            for start_pos, tree in boggle_tree.items():
-                print(f"\nStarting @ {start_pos}...")
-                for word in tree.word_paths:
-                    print(f"{word[0]: <{boggle_board.max_word_len}}: {word[1]}")
-
-    except ValueError:
-        print("The [MAX_WORD_LENGTH] argument must be an integer.")
-        print("Please try again.")
-        sys.exit(1)
+        for start_pos, tree in boggle_tree.items():
+            print(f"\nStarting @ {start_pos}...")
+            for word in tree.word_paths:
+                print(f"{word[0]: <{boggle_board.max_word_len}}: {word[1]}")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

boggler/boggler_utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 '''Boggler Utils'''
 from __future__ import annotations
+#from pathlib import Path
 from os import path
 from multiprocessing import Pool
 import logging as log
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class BoardCell:
         adjacent_cells: list[BoardCell] = None) -> BoardCell:
         self.__row: int = row
         self.__col: int = col
-        self.__pos: (int, int) = (self.__row, self.__col)
+        self.__pos: tuple(int, int) = (self.__row, self.__col)
         self.__letters: str = letters
         self.__adjacent_cells: list[BoardCell] = adjacent_cells
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ class BoardCell:
         return self.__col
 
     @property
-    def pos(self) -> (int, int):
+    def pos(self) -> tuple[int, int]:
         '''Getter for pos property'''
         return self.__pos
 
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ class WordNode:
         return self.__parent
 
     @property
-    def board_pos(self) -> (int, int):
+    def board_pos(self) -> tuple[int, int]:
         '''Getter for board_pos property'''
         return self.__board_pos
 
@@ -253,7 +254,10 @@ class WordTree:
         self.__word_paths = value
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return ", ".join(self.wordlist)
+        return ", ".join([str(x) for x in self.word_paths])
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.__str__()
 
     def insert_node(self, letters: str, parent: WordNode, is_word: bool = False,
         children: dict[str, WordNode] = None, board_pos = None):
@@ -408,6 +412,15 @@ def read_boggle_file(file):
     with open(file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
         return [x.rstrip().split(',') for x in file.readlines()]
 
+def write_wordlist(filename: Path, filetype: str = "txt", sort: bool = False):
+    match filetype:
+        case "txt":
+            pass
+        case "json":
+            pass
+        case _:
+            pass
+
 def find_paths_by_word(board_letters, dictionary_path, max_len):
     '''Return list of paths by word'''
     boggle_board = BoggleBoard(board_letters, max_len)