--- /dev/null
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+# Abstract: This will read a json file and generate it as an escaped string on
+# standard out. Simple way of stuffing the config into a curl command.
+#
+# Date: 28 January 2021
+# Author: E. Scott Daniels
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import json
+import sys
+
+f = open( sys.argv[1] )
+j = json.load( f )
+qj = json.dumps( j )
+print( qj.replace( '"', '\\"' ) )