Represent directory tree as JSON

Question

Is there any easy way to generate such a JSON? I found os.walk() and os.listdir(), so I may do recursive descending into directories and build a py

Answer 1

On Linux, the command-line tool tree can be used, although it is not installed by default. The output is almost identical to that required by the OP, using the flag -J for JSON output (which can then be streamed to a file for example):

tree -J folder

On OSX, this tool can be installed via Homebrew.