def extract_items_from_file()

in check_docs_version_diff.py [0:0]

• 22 lines of code
• 13 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def extract_items_from_file(file_path):
    """Read the JSON file, extract 'items', and filter them based on exclusion criteria."""
    result = []  # List to store the filtered items

    try:
        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
            data = json.load(file)  # Load the JSON data

            # Recursive function to extract items and filter them
            def extract_items(data):
                """Recursively extract 'items' and store them in result, excluding specified keywords."""
                if isinstance(data, list):
                    for item in data:
                        extract_items(item)  # Process each item in the list

                elif isinstance(data, dict):
                    if "items" in data:
                        # Add valid items (not containing excluded keywords)
                        result.extend([item for item in data["items"] if isinstance(item, str) and not any(keyword in item for keyword in exclude_keywords)])

                    # Recursively process each key in the dictionary
                    for key in data:
                        extract_items(data[key])

            extract_items(data)  # Start extracting items from the loaded JSON data

        return result  # Return the list of filtered items

    except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")
        return []
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")
        return []