Added the ability to load external json files.

sherlock.py

@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ def sherlock(username, site_data, verbose=False, tor=False, unique_tor=False, pr
                     request_method = session.head
 
             if net_info["errorType"] == "response_url":
-                #Site forwards request to a different URL if username not
-                #found.  Disallow the redirect so we can capture the
-                #http status from the original URL request.
+                # Site forwards request to a different URL if username not
+                # found.  Disallow the redirect so we can capture the
+                # http status from the original URL request.
                 allow_redirects = False
             else:
-                #Allow whatever redirect that the site wants to do.
-                #The final result of the request will be what is available.
+                # Allow whatever redirect that the site wants to do.
+                # The final result of the request will be what is available.
                 allow_redirects = True
 
             # This future starts running the request in a new thread, doesn't block the main thread
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ def main():
                         action="store", dest="proxy", default=None,
                         help="Make requests over a proxy. e.g. socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"
                         )
+    parser.add_argument("--json", "-j", metavar="JSON_FILE",
+                        dest="json_file", default="data.json",
+                        help="Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file.")
     parser.add_argument("username",
                         nargs='+', metavar='USERNAMES',
                         action="store",
@@ -424,12 +427,42 @@ def main():
         print("Using TOR to make requests")
         print("Warning: some websites might refuse connecting over TOR, so note that using this option might increase connection errors.")
 
-    # Load the data
-    data_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
-        os.path.realpath(__file__)), "data.json")
-    with open(data_file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as raw:
-        site_data_all = json.load(raw)
+    response_json_online = None
+    site_data_all = None
+
+    # Try to load json from website.
+    try:
+        response_json_online = requests.get(url=args.json_file)
+    except requests.exceptions.MissingSchema: # In case the schema is wrong it's because it may not be a website
+        pass
+
+    # Check if the response is appropriate.
+    if response_json_online is not None and response_json_online.status_code == 200:
+        # Since we got data from a website, try to load json and exit if parsing fails.
+        try: 
+            site_data_all = response_json_online.json()
+        except ValueError:
+            print("Invalid JSON from website!")
+            sys.exit(1)
+            pass
 
+
+    data_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+        os.path.realpath(__file__)), args.json_file)
+    # This will be none if the request had a missing schema
+    if site_data_all is None:
+        # Check if the file exists otherwise exit.
+        if not os.path.exists(data_file_path):
+            print("JSON file at doesn't exist.")
+            print("If this is not a file but a website, make sure you have appended http:// or https://.")
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            raw = open(data_file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8")
+            try:
+                site_data_all = json.load(raw)
+            except:
+                print("Invalid JSON loaded from file.")
+    
     if args.site_list is None:
         # Not desired to look at a sub-set of sites
         site_data = site_data_all