将格式错误的字符串解析为 python 中的 dict

Question

I'm parsing some logs and one of them returns a badly formatted dict as a string:

to_parse = '{ name: \"test1\", description_code: \"\", id_code: 1v3fELLZxyY }'

what's the best way to convert this string to a proper dict() ?

parsed = { 'name' : 'test1', 'description_code' : '', 'id_code' : '1v3fELLZxyY'}

Answer 1

Assuming that to_parse would always be just top level JSON, you may use a regex replacement here:

import re

to_parse = '{ name: \"test1\", description_code: \"\", id_code: 1v3fELLZxyY }'
output = re.sub(r'(?<!\S)(\w+)(?=:|\s|$)', r'"\1"', to_parse)
print(output)
# { "name": "test1", "description_code": "", "id_code": "1v3fELLZxyY" }