import os import json if not os.path.exists('config.json'): db = {'os': None,'our_port': 0000, 'ports': [], 'base_url': 'http://0.0.0.0:8000'} js = json.dumps(db, indent=2) with open('config.json', 'w') as outfile: outfile.write(js) print('Created new config.json') def read(file = 'config.json'): with open(file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as openfile: db = json.load(openfile) return db def write(db, file = 'config.json'): js = json.dumps(db, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) with open(file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outfile: outfile.write(js)