Django serializer for one object

Question

I\'m trying to figure out a way to serialize some Django model object to JSON format, something like:

j = Job.objects.get(pk=1)
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Answer 1

I would suggest using Django's model_to_dict. If I'm not mistaken, serializers.serialize() relies on it, too, but it only works for list, not single model instance. That's how you get a dict instance with your model fields out of a single model:

from django.forms.models import model_to_dict

# assuming obj is your model instance
dict_obj = model_to_dict( obj )

You now just need one straight json.dumps call:

import json
json.dumps(dict_obj)