tilde-projects/Code/irc/names.py

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#!/usr/bin/python
import json
names_file='/home/jumblesale/Code/canonical_names/canonical_names.json'
def get_name(name):
try:
with open(names_file) as names_data:
names = json.load(names_data)
try:
return names[name]["userName"]
except KeyError:
return name
except IOError:
return name # if we didn't already