From cdff413f4ca7c082908beec0580299d92abd500b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy <88516395+moraroy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:10:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] testing of writin json to file

---
 NSLGameScanner.py | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NSLGameScanner.py b/NSLGameScanner.py
index 8ae70bf..0c41505 100644
--- a/NSLGameScanner.py
+++ b/NSLGameScanner.py
@@ -1018,27 +1018,31 @@ if new_shortcuts_added or shortcuts_updated:
     # Assuming 'games' is a list of game dictionaries
     games = [shortcut for shortcut in shortcuts['shortcuts'].values()]
 
-    for game in games:
-        # Skip if 'appname' or 'exe' is None
-        if game.get('appname') is None or game.get('exe') is None:
-            continue
+    # Open the output file in write mode ('w')
+    with open('output.json', 'w') as outfile:
+        for game in games:
+            # Skip if 'appname' or 'exe' is None
+            if game.get('appname') is None or game.get('exe') is None:
+                continue
 
-        # Create a dictionary to hold the shortcut information
-        shortcut_info = {
-            'appid': str(game.get('appid')),
-            'appname': game.get('appname'),
-            'exe': game.get('exe'),
-            'StartDir': game.get('StartDir'),
-            'icon': f"{logged_in_home}/.steam/root/userdata/{steamid3}/config/grid/{get_file_name('icons', game.get('appid'))}",
-            'LaunchOptions': game.get('LaunchOptions'),
-            'GameID': game.get('GameID', "default_game_id")  # Use a default value if game_id is not defined
-        }
+            # Create a dictionary to hold the shortcut information
+            shortcut_info = {
+                'appid': str(game.get('appid')),
+                'appname': game.get('appname'),
+                'exe': game.get('exe'),
+                'StartDir': game.get('StartDir'),
+                'icon': f"{logged_in_home}/.steam/root/userdata/{steamid3}/config/grid/{get_file_name('icons', game.get('appid'))}",
+                'LaunchOptions': game.get('LaunchOptions'),
+                'GameID': game.get('GameID', "default_game_id")  # Use a default value if game_id is not defined
+            }
 
-        # Print the shortcut information in JSON format
-        message = json.dumps(shortcut_info)
-        print(message, flush=True)  # Print to stdout
+            # Convert the shortcut information to JSON format
+            message = json.dumps(shortcut_info)
 
-print("All finished!")
+            # Write the JSON output to the file
+            outfile.write(message + '\n')  # Add a newline character after each game
+
+    print("All finished!")