Add script to convert camera database to JSON file

src/cameras_db/setup/cameras_to_json.py

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+import os.path
+import sqlite3
+import json
+
+def main():
+
+    # Create a connection to the database
+    camera_db = sqlite3.connect("../cameras_db.db")
+    cursor = camera_db.cursor()
+
+    #get field names
+    cursor.execute("PRAGMA table_info(cameras)")
+    field_names = cursor.fetchall()
+
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM cameras")
+    rows = cursor.fetchall()
+
+    # Dump the data to a JSON file avoiding nulls
+    with open("cameras.json", "w") as f:
+        json.dump(
+            [
+                {
+                    field[1]: value
+                    for field, value in zip(field_names, row)
+                    if value is not None
+                }
+                for row in rows
+            ],
+            f,
+            indent=4,
+            sort_keys=True,
+        )
+    cursor.close()
+    camera_db.close()
+
+    print(f"Data dumped to cameras.json, {len(rows)} rows.")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()