from django.core.serializers.json import DateTimeAwareJSONEncoder from django.db import models from django.utils.functional import Promise from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode from django.utils import simplejson as json from decimal import Decimal from django.core import serializers from django.http import HttpResponse from django.core.mail import mail_admins from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ from django.db.models.query import QuerySet import sys def decode(data): if not data: return data return json.loads(data) def encode(data, *args, **kwargs): if type(data) == QuerySet: # Careful, ValuesQuerySet is a dict # Django models return serializers.serialize("json", data, *args, **kwargs) else: return json_encode(data, *args, **kwargs) def json_encode(data, *args, **kwargs): """ The main issues with django's default json serializer is that properties that had been added to an object dynamically are being ignored (and it also has problems with some models). """ def _any(data): ret = None # Opps, we used to check if it is of type list, but that fails # i.e. in the case of django.newforms.utils.ErrorList, which extends # the type "list". Oh man, that was a dumb mistake! if isinstance(data, list): ret = _list(data) # Same as for lists above. elif isinstance(data, dict): ret = _dict(data) elif isinstance(data, Decimal): # json.dumps() cant handle Decimal ret = str(data) elif isinstance(data, models.query.QuerySet): # Actually its the same as a list ... ret = _list(data) elif isinstance(data, models.Model): ret = _model(data) # here we need to encode the string as unicode (otherwise we get utf-16 in the json-response) elif isinstance(data, basestring): ret = unicode(data) # see http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5868 elif isinstance(data, Promise): ret = force_unicode(data) else: ret = data return ret def _model(data): ret = {} # If we only have a model, we only want to encode the fields. for f in data._meta.fields: ret[f.attname] = _any(getattr(data, f.attname)) # And additionally encode arbitrary properties that had been added. fields = dir(data.__class__) + ret.keys() add_ons = [k for k in dir(data) if k not in fields] for k in add_ons: ret[k] = _any(getattr(data, k)) return ret def _list(data): ret = [] for v in data: ret.append(_any(v)) return ret def _dict(data): ret = {} for k,v in data.items(): ret[k] = _any(v) return ret ret = _any(data) return json.dumps(ret, cls=DateTimeAwareJSONEncoder, ensure_ascii=False, *args, **kwargs) def json_view(func): def wrap(request, *a, **kw): response = None try: response = func(request, *a, **kw) if isinstance(response, dict): response = dict(response) if 'result' not in response: response['result'] = 'ok' except KeyboardInterrupt: # Allow keyboard interrupts through for debugging. raise except Exception, e: # Mail the admins with the error exc_info = sys.exc_info() subject = 'JSON view error: %s' % request.path try: request_repr = repr(request) except: request_repr = 'Request repr() unavailable' import traceback message = 'Traceback:\n%s\n\nRequest:\n%s' % ( '\n'.join(traceback.format_exception(*exc_info)), request_repr, ) # print message mail_admins(subject, message, fail_silently=True) response = {'result': 'error', 'text': unicode(e)} json = json_encode(response) return HttpResponse(json, mimetype='application/json') return wrap def main(): test = {1: True, 2: u"string", 3: 30} json_test = json_encode(test) # print test, json_test if __name__ == '__main__': main()