db-generator.py

# Generates databases for songs as well as for poems
import json
from pathlib import Path

DIST_JS_TEMPLATE = """/* DO NOT manually edit this file.
It is auto-generated by db-generator.py. */

const songs_list = {};

const poems_list = {};
"""
DIST_JS_FILENAME = "database.js"

song_src_path = Path("audio")
poem_src_path = Path("poems")
songs = {}
poems = {}

for song in song_src_path.iterdir():
    print(f"Processing song {str(song)}")
    if ".DS_Store" not in str(song):
        song_name = song.stem
        songs[song_name] = str(song)

for poem in poem_src_path.iterdir():
    print(f"Processing poem {str(poem)}")
    if ".DS_Store" not in str(poem):
        poem_index = poem.stem
        poem_contents = poem.open().read()
        # split poem contents into Commandian
        # and english
        poem_merged = poem_contents.split("---\n")
        poem_merged = ["".join(contents) for contents in poem_merged]
        poems[poem_index] = poem_merged

# Serialize to JSON
songs_json = json.dumps(songs, indent=4)
poems_json = json.dumps(poems, indent=4)

js_code = DIST_JS_TEMPLATE.format(songs_json, poems_json)

with open(DIST_JS_FILENAME, "w") as file:
    file.write(js_code)
print("Success! Results at", DIST_JS_FILENAME)