How do I JSON serialize a Python dictionary?

Question

I\'m trying to make a Django function for JSON serializing something and returning it in an HttpResponse object.

def json_response(something):
          


        

Answer 1

With newer versions of Django you can just use JsonResponse provided by django.http:

from django.http import JsonResponse

def my_view(request):
    json_object = {'howdy': True}
    return JsonResponse(json_object)

You can find more details in the official docs.