Simplify JSON validation workflow - only check validity, not formatting or sorting

Author: vikahaze

.github/workflows/pr-json-validation.yml

@@ -22,41 +22,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
-      - name: Validate JSON syntax
-        run: |
-          python3 -m json.tool data/leetcode-problems.json > /dev/null
-          echo "✓ JSON syntax is valid"
-
-      - name: Test normalization script
-        run: |
-          # Make script executable
-          chmod +x scripts/normalize_json.py
-          
-          # Normalize to a temporary file to compare
-          python3 scripts/normalize_json.py data/leetcode-problems.json data/leetcode-problems.json.normalized
-          
-          # Check if the normalized version differs from the original
-          if ! diff -q data/leetcode-problems.json data/leetcode-problems.json.normalized > /dev/null; then
-            echo "❌ Error: JSON file is not normalized."
-            echo "Please run './scripts/normalize_json.py data/leetcode-problems.json' and commit the changes."
-            echo ""
-            echo "Diff showing what needs to be normalized:"
-            diff data/leetcode-problems.json data/leetcode-problems.json.normalized || true
-            rm data/leetcode-problems.json.normalized
-            exit 1
-          else
-            echo "✓ JSON file is properly normalized"
-            rm data/leetcode-problems.json.normalized
-          fi
-
-      - name: Verify JSON structure
+      - name: Validate JSON syntax and structure
         run: |
           python3 << 'EOF'
           import json
           import sys
 
-          with open('data/leetcode-problems.json', 'r') as f:
-              data = json.load(f)
+          # Validate JSON syntax
+          try:
+              with open('data/leetcode-problems.json', 'r') as f:
+                  data = json.load(f)
+          except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+              print(f"❌ Error: Invalid JSON syntax - {e}")
+              sys.exit(1)
 
           # Check if root is a dict
           if not isinstance(data, dict):
@@ -71,12 +49,7 @@ jobs:
                   print(f"❌ Error: Key '{key}' is not a numeric string")
                   sys.exit(1)
 
-          # Check if keys are sorted
-          keys = [int(k) for k in data.keys()]
-          if keys != sorted(keys):
-              print("❌ Error: Keys are not sorted numerically")
-              sys.exit(1)
-
+          print(f"✓ JSON syntax is valid")
           print(f"✓ JSON structure is valid ({len(data)} entries)")
-          print(f"✓ All keys are numeric and sorted")
+          print(f"✓ All keys are numeric strings")
           EOF