def add_candidate():
    #!!candidate data variables defined by user input eg. soft coded candidate data
    #name = input("What is the candidate's name?: ")
    #birthday = str(input('When was the candidate born? (format: D.M.YYYY): '))
    #height = str(input('How tall is the candidate?: '))
    #weight = str(input('How much does the candidate weigh in kilograms?: '))
    #car = str(input('Does the candidate have a car?: '))
    #languages = str(input('What (programming) language/s does the candidate know? (please separate by commas, and place languages in quotation marks""): '))
    #languages_formatted = str("{languages}")

    #if car == 'Yes' or car == 'yes':
    #    car = True
    #elif car == 'No' or car == 'no':
    #    car == False

    filename = 'maze.json'
    listObj = []

    # Check if file exists
    if path.isfile(filename) is False:
        raise Exception("File not found")

    # Read JSON file
    with open(filename) as fp:
        listObj = json.load(fp)

    # Verify existing list
    print(listObj)

    print(type(listObj))

    #!! JSON entry to be used with input based candidate data
    #listObj.append({
    #"name": "{name}",
    #"birthday": "{birthday}",
    #"height": height,
    #"weight": weight,
    #"car": car,
    #"languages": ["{languages_formatted}"]
    #})

    #!! hard coded candidate data
    listObj.append({
    "name": "John Doe",
    "birthday": "21.02.2005",
    "height": 180,
    "weight": 69,
    "car": False,
    "languages": ["Python", "Scratch"] #Scratch OMEGALUL
    })

    # Verify updated list
    print(listObj)

    with open(filename, 'w') as json_file:
        json.dump(listObj, json_file,
                            indent=4,
                            separators=(',',': '))

    print('Successfully appended to the JSON file')