# This file is written to do type transformations. A transformation symbolizes a mapping. def asciify(s): replaces = [ ('ö', 'oe'), ('ä', 'ae'), ('ü', 'ue'), # (' ', ''), # ('/', ''), # ('(', ''), # (')', ''), ('ß', 'ss'), ] for rep in replaces: s = s.replace(*rep) return s def json_to_dict(data): import json return json.loads(data)