import json

from deepdiff import DeepDiff

class JSONUtils:
    """JSONUtils is common resource for simple json helper keywords."""
    
    def json_equals(self, left, right):
        """JSON Equals takes in two strings or json objects, converts them into json if needed and then compares them, returning if they are equal or not."""
        if isinstance(left, str) or isinstance(left, unicode):
            left_json = json.loads(left);
        else:
            left_json = left;
        if isinstance(right, str) or isinstance(right, unicode):
            right_json = json.loads(right);
        else:
            right_json = right;
            
        ddiff = DeepDiff(left_json, right_json, ignore_order=True);
        if ddiff == {}:
            return True;
        else:
            return False;
        
    def make_list_into_dict(self, listOfDicts, key):
        """ Converts a list of dicts that contains a field that has a unique key into a dict of dicts """
        d = {}
        if isinstance(listOfDicts, list):
            for thisDict in listOfDicts:
                v = thisDict[key]
                d[v] = thisDict
        return d
    
    def find_element_in_array(self, searchedArray, key, value):
        """ Takes in an array and a key value, it will return the items in the array that has a key and value that matches what you pass in """
        elements = [];
        for item in searchedArray:
            if key in item:
                if item[key] == value:
                    elements.append(item);
        return elements;