# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
	luc_kodi Add-on
"""

from json import loads as jsloads


def json_load_as_str(file_handle):
	return byteify(jsloads(file_handle, object_hook=byteify), ignore_dicts=True)

def json_loads_as_str(json_text):
	return byteify(jsloads(json_text, object_hook=byteify), ignore_dicts=True)

def byteify(data, ignore_dicts=False):
	if isinstance(data, str):
		return data
	if isinstance(data, list):
		return [byteify(item, ignore_dicts=True) for item in data]
	if isinstance(data, dict) and not ignore_dicts:
		return dict([(byteify(key, ignore_dicts=True), byteify(value, ignore_dicts=True)) for key, value in iter(data.items())])
	return data
