Function _validate

utils/bntextutils.py:164–182

(path)

        json.dump(d, f, indent=2)

def _validate(path): 
    # is json correctly formatted?
    try:
        with open(path) as f:
            json.load(f)
    except:
        raise Exception("The network file you are trying to modify is invalid")

    # do the nodes match the node data?
    with open(path) as f:
        j = json.load(f)
        if not (sorted(j["V"]) == sorted(j["Vdata"].keys())): 
            print "warning: nodes and node data do not match" 

        # are the edges valid? 
        for e in j["E"]:
            if (e[0] not in j["V"]) or (e[1] not in j["V"]):
                print "warning: nodes not found for this edge:",
                print e