Python JSON serialize a Decimal object

Question

I have a Decimal(\'3.9\') as part of an object, and wish to encode this to a JSON string which should look like {\'x\': 3.9}. I don\'t care about p

Answer 1

My $.02!

I extend a bunch of the JSON encoder since I am serializing tons of data for my web server. Here's some nice code. Note that it's easily extendable to pretty much any data format you feel like and will reproduce 3.9 as "thing": 3.9

JSONEncoder_olddefault = json.JSONEncoder.default
def JSONEncoder_newdefault(self, o):
    if isinstance(o, UUID): return str(o)
    if isinstance(o, datetime): return str(o)
    if isinstance(o, time.struct_time): return datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(o))
    if isinstance(o, decimal.Decimal): return str(o)
    return JSONEncoder_olddefault(self, o)
json.JSONEncoder.default = JSONEncoder_newdefault

Makes my life so much easier...