NewsBlur-viq/utils/json.py
Samuel Clay 48ba40e29b Initial
2009-06-16 03:08:55 +00:00

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Python

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
def json_encode(data):
"""
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)