Added file support to jots, fixed bug in socket client

abots/helpers/encode.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-from json import dumps, loads
+from json import dump, dumps, loads
 from codecs import encode as c_encode, decode as c_decode
 from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
 from re import compile as regex
 
 # JSON encoder, converts a python object to a string
-def jots(data, readable=False):
+def jots(data, readable=False, dest=None):
     kwargs = dict()
 
     # If readable is set, it pretty prints the JSON to be more human-readable
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ def jots(data, readable=False):
         kwargs["indent"] = 4 
         kwargs["separators"] = (",", ":")
     try:
-        return dumps(data, encoding="utf-8", **kwargs)
+        if dest:
+            return dump(data, dest, ensure_ascii=False, **kwargs)
+        return dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, **kwargs)
     except ValueError as e:
         return None
 

abots/net/socket_client.py

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class SocketClient(Thread):
 
     def send(self, message):
         self._inbox.put(message)
-        cast(self._bridge, "send" ("inbox", message))
+        cast(self._bridge, "send", ("inbox", message))
 
     def connect(self, bridge):
         self._bridge = bridge()