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"""Provides support utilities for cli scripts."""
import json
[docs]def load_json_or_none(file_path):
"""If there is a path, runs json.load and returns it. Else returns None.
Args:
file_path (str or None):
File path to the json file to load.
Returns:
dict or None:
A dictionary loaded from a json file.
or
None
"""
metadata_dict = None
if file_path:
# Load JSON file for metadata amendments.
with open(file_path, 'r') as input_file:
metadata_dict = json.load(input_file)
return metadata_dict