import os import json flags_dir = os.path.join("flags", "4x3") f = [] for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(flags_dir): f.extend(filenames) break codes = [name.replace('.svg', '') for name in f] country_json = open("country.json") flags = json.load(country_json) flags.sort(key=lambda x: x["flag_1x1"]) with open('country.json', 'w') as output: json.dump(flags, output, indent=2)