GURPS - GCA4 to JSON conversion script (Python)

[joshsziegler]

Script: https://raw.github.com/joshsziegler/cha ... to_json.py
Sample Output:

• Pretty Print On: https://raw.github.com/joshsziegler/cha ... cters.json
• Pretty print Off: https://raw.github.com/joshsziegler/cha ... p-off.json

Python version: 2.6 or 2.7
Features:

• Reads in all GCA4 key-values (I think) and saves them as JSON (i.e. {"character_name": {"section_name": {"line_name": {"key": "value"}}}}).
• Can condense output file if needed via variable (pretty print).
• Can skip whole sections and/or individual keys using the skip lists.

Background:
I wrote a combat tracker/die roller website for my GURPS group and wanted to quickly update their stats directly from the GCA4 files, so this is what I came up with. Previously I used regex to pull out the exact values I needed, but that quickly grew unwieldy as my website added features (and thus needed more data). This sticks to the original GCA4 key names, but is more flexible overall. I might add a key renaming feature later on if that proves useful.

This is obviously kludge-tastic and likely has bugs. Feel free to let me know about those and any improvements you'd like to see. For example, I haven't tried to load this into MapTool (haven't really used maptool lately :\ ), so help there would be good. Especially if I need to change the format of things.