import json import sys proj = sys.argv[1] json_file = open(proj) json_str = json_file.read() d = json.loads(json_str) d["board"]["design_settings"]["rule_severities"]["lib_footprint_issues"] = "ignore" d["board"]["design_settings"]["rule_severities"]["lib_footprint_mismatch"] = "ignore" with open(proj, mode="w") as json_file: json.dump(d, json_file, indent=2)