new_contents: import re
  import json
  
  def make_country_key_to_iso_code_dict(country_lines):
      country_key_to_iso_code = {}
      for line in country_lines:
          m = re.match("\((\d+),", line)
          if m is not None:
              country_key = int(m.group(1))
              iso_code = line.split(",")[1].replace("'", "").strip()
              country_key_to_iso_code[country_key] = iso_code
  
      return country_key_to_iso_code
  
  
  
  
  
  def make_uni_list(uni_lines, iso_code_dict):
      ret = []
      for line in uni_lines:
          uni_obj = uni_obj_from_line(line)
          ret.append(uni_obj)
  
      return [uni for uni in ret if uni is not None]
  
  
  def uni_obj_from_line(line):
      print line
      if not line.startswith("("):
          return None
  
      uni_country_key = int(line.split(",")[1])
      uni_name = line.split(",")[2].replace("'", "").strip()
      uni_url = line.split(",")[3].replace("'", "").strip()
  
      uni_iso_code = iso_code_dict[uni_country_key]
  
      return {
          "name": uni_name,
          "country": uni_iso_code,
          "url": uni_url
      }
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  lines = open("world_university_names.sql", "r").read()
  country_lines = lines.split("[split here]")[0].split("\n")
  uni_lines = lines.split("[split here]")[1].split("\n")
  
  iso_code_dict = make_country_key_to_iso_code_dict(country_lines)
  uni_list = make_uni_list(uni_lines, iso_code_dict)
  
  with open("unis.json", "w") as outfile:
      json.dump(uni_list, outfile, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
  
  print "success!"
subject: add list of universities