import os import json if not os.path.exists('config.json'): db = {"our_port": 0000, "ports": [], "domain": "http://127.0.0.1:8000"} 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)