Added necessary sorting of json components

digest.py

+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
 import json
 import hashlib 
 
-testid_obj = {}
-testid_obj["observer_ip"] = "127.0.0.1"  # Assuming locahost as sender of results
-testid_obj["test"] = "trace"
-testid_obj["tool"] = "traceroute"
+from operator import itemgetter
+
+# replace all three {} with OrderedDict() for python <= 3.6
+
+def sorted_json(js, result):
+
+    def norm_str(s):
+        # because of str special handling of single quotes
+        return str(s).replace("'", '"')
+
+    if type(js) in [int, str, bool, float] or js is None:
+        return js
+
+    if type(js) == list:
+        res = [sorted_json(i, {}) for i in js]
+        return sorted(res, key=norm_str)
+
+    items = sorted(js.items(), key=itemgetter(0))
+    for k, v in items:
+        result[k] = sorted_json(v, {})
+
+    return result
+
+
+#testid_obj = {}
+#testid_obj["observer_ip"] = "127.0.0.1"  # Assuming locahost as sender of results
+#testid_obj["test"] = "trace"
+#testid_obj["tool"] = "traceroute"
+
+
+fd = open('testid.json')
+unsorted_testid_obj = json.load(fd)
+testid_obj = sorted_json(unsorted_testid_obj, {})
 j = json.dumps(testid_obj)
 j = j.replace(" ","")
 j = j.encode('utf-8')