diff --git a/scripts/split_input/split_input.py b/scripts/split_input/split_input.py
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+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    input_json = {}
+
+    parser.add_argument("--input_file", required=False, type=Path,
+            default=Path("input_files/input.json"))
+    parser.add_argument("--split_count", required=False, type=Path, default=10)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if Path(args.input_file).exists():
+        with open(args.input_file) as json_file:
+            input_json = json.load(json_file)
+    else:
+        print("Error: input file does not exist")
+        exit()
+
+    num_files = args.split_count
+
+    items_per_file = len(input_json) // num_files
+  
+
+    for file_num in range(num_files):
+        start_idx = file_num * items_per_file
+        end_idx = (file_num + 1) * items_per_file if file_num < num_files - 1 else len(input_json)
+
+        file_name = f"input_{file_num + 1}.json"
+        with open(file_name, 'w') as file:
+            json.dump(input_json[start_idx:end_idx], file, indent=1)
+    # Split data into ten JSON files
+    
+    print(f"Data split into {args.split_count} JSON files.")