Add first version of API payload generator

api.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+import json
+
+
+def parse_line(line, category):
+    name = line.split('](')[0][3:]
+    description = line.split(') ')[1][2:]
+    url = line.split('](')[1].split(') ')[0]
+
+    return {
+        'name': name,
+        'description': description,
+        'url': url,
+        'category': category,
+    }
+
+def parse_apps(readme):
+    app_section = readme.split('## Apps')[1].split('## Tools')[0]
+    app_sections = app_section.split('### ')[1:]
+
+    apps = []
+
+    for section in app_sections:
+        split_section = section.split('\n\n')
+        section_title = split_section[0]
+
+        for line in split_section[1].split('\n'):
+            app = parse_line(line, section_title)
+            apps.append(app)
+
+    return apps
+
+
+def parse_readme(readme):
+    return {
+        'apps': parse_apps(readme),
+    }
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    readme = open('README.md', 'r').read()
+    readme_payload = parse_readme(readme)
+
+    with open('./dist/api/v1/readme.json', mode='w+', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(json.dumps(readme_payload, indent=True))