Sort json words using python

dictmaker.py

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+# coding=utf-8
+"""
+This python script generates a new words_dictionary.json from words_alpha.txt
+This script aims to replicate the javascript equivalent.
+
+Requires Python 3 preferably 3.4.4 (as this is the version it was built and tested on).
+
+Algorithm extracted from original js code for use in constructing python script:
+Import fs module (file system)
+Set path constants
+
+print to console "reading file" + SOURCE_PATH
+
+open file given by SOURCE_PATH with utf8 encoding and define a callback function as a input
+The callback function is called when the reading operation has finished with 2 parameters: 
+1st input is error information and 2nd is the file contents.
+
+Inside callback function:
+    If error, throw error
+
+    print to console "processing word list..."
+
+    split file content by newline ('\n') -> reduce array into a single value using parameters: callback function and initial value (a empty dictionary)
+        The callback function is defined to take 3 parameters and is run for each element in the array (2 are required):
+        1st parameter: variable which is intialised by the inputted initial value and 
+        previously returned value of the callback function. In this case the variable is a dictionary.
+        2nd parameter: current element. In this case the string of a file line.
+        3rd parameter (Optional): array index of the current element
+
+        Inside callback function:
+            retrieve word by converting the file line to string and remove leading & trailing whitespace characters
+            create entry in dictionary using word as key and 1 as value
+            return dictionary which is used for storage on the next run of callback function
+    (final dictionary of words is returned and stored in a local variable)
+
+    print to console 'writing dictionary to ' + OUTPUT_PATH + ' ...'
+
+    get json string of dictionary
+    write json string to file given by OUTPUT_PATH using uft8 encoding    
+"""
+import json
+
+# Define input and output paths
+SOURCE_PATH = './words_alpha.txt'
+OUTPUT_PATH = './words_dictionary.json'
+
+dictionary = {}
+
+print("reading file {:s}".format(SOURCE_PATH))
+with open(SOURCE_PATH, 'r', encoding='utf8') as input_file:
+    print('processing word list...')
+
+    for line in input_file:
+        word = line.strip()
+        dictionary[word] = 1
+
+print('writing dictionary to {:s} ...'.format(OUTPUT_PATH))
+with open(OUTPUT_PATH, 'w', encoding='utf8') as json_file:
+    json.dump(dictionary, json_file, sort_keys=True)
+
+print('done!')