diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,156 @@
 docs/build
-.DS_Store
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+.DS_Store
+.vscode
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
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+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
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+*.sage.py
+
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+ENV/
+env.bak/
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+
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+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
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+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
diff --git a/python/avogadro/cjson.py b/python/avogadro/cjson.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d07468d63
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"""
+/******************************************************************************
+  This source file is part of the Avogadro project.
+  This source code is released under the New BSD License, (the "License").
+******************************************************************************/
+"""
+import json
+class Cjson:
+    """
+    This Class is intended to read Cjson files
+    with python libraries and perform certain
+    methods on files and convert them back to Cjson
+    files as required
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+    def __from_cjson(self, filePath):
+        '''Use to read CJson formats by converting them to python dictionaries'''
+        with open(filePath, 'r') as cjsonFile:
+            py_dict_data = json.load(cjsonFile)
+            return py_dict_data
+    def __to_cjson(self, cjson_dict_file):
+        '''It converts python dictionaries to CJson format'''
+        cjsonData = json.dumps(cjson_dict_file, indent=4)
+        return (cjsonData)
+    def get_atoms_coords(self,filePath):
+        """
+        It helps to get the co-ordinates of individual elements/atoms in the format
+        [
+            x co-ordinate
+            y co-ordinate
+            z co-ordinate
+            Atomic Number of Element
+        ]
+        """
+        data = self.__from_cjson(filePath)
+        coords = data["atoms"]["coords"]["3d"]
+        elements = data["atoms"]["elements"]["number"]
+        element_coords = [(*coords[i*3:(i+1)*3], elements[i]) for i in range(0, int(len(coords) / 3))]
+        cjson_dict = {"element-coordinates" :element_coords}
+        return self.__to_cjson(cjson_dict)
+    def get_elements(self, filePath):
+        '''
+        returns all the elements present in cjson file
+        '''
+        data = self.__from_cjson(filePath)
+        elements = data["atoms"]["elements"]["number"]
+        return elements
+    def get_coordinates(self,filePath):
+        '''
+        returns the coordinate array
+        '''
+        data = self.__from_cjson(filePath)
+        coords = data["atoms"]["coords"]["3d"]
+        return coords
+    def set_atoms_coordinates(self, filePath, coords_array):
+        '''
+        it updates the coordinates array in cjson file
+        '''
+        data = self.__from_cjson(filePath)
+        data["atoms"]["coords"]["3d"] = coords_array
+        return self.__to_cjson(data)
+    def set_elements(self, filePath, elements_array):
+        '''
+        It sets all the elements present in the cjson file
+        where elements are set/recognized by their atomic numbers
+        '''
+        data = self.__from_cjson(filePath)
+        data["atoms"]["elements"]["number"] = elements_array
+        return self.__to_cjson(data)
+    def set_coordinates(self, filePath, coords_array):
+        '''
+        It helps to set all coordinates of the
+        cjson file where coordinates of all elements
+        can be changed by an input array of coords_array
+        '''
+        data = self.__from_cjson(filePath)
+        data["atoms"]["coords"]["3d"] = coords_array
+        return self.__to_cjson(data)
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