#!/usr/bin/env python3 import json import argparse import sys def main(states, nodeid): with open(states) as handle: data = json.load(handle) if nodeid in data['nodes']: del data['nodes'][nodeid] print("node {} removed".format(nodeid)) else: print('node not in state file', file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) with open(states, 'w') as handle: json.dump(data, handle) if __name__ == '__main__': parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('-s', '--states', action='store', required=True, help='path to the states json file') parser.add_argument('-n', '--nodeid', action='store', required=True, help='nodeid of the node to remove') args = parser.parse_args() main(args.states, args.nodeid)