django: control json serialization

Question

Is there a way to control json serialization in django? Simple code below will return serialized object in json:

co = Collection.objects.all()
c = serializer         


        

Answer 1

That's really easy. Quick example:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.utils import simplejson

def simple_view(request):
    response = {'string': "test",
                'number': 42,
                'array': [1, 2, 3],
                'js_object': dict(foo="bar")}
    return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(response),
                        mimetype="application/json")

This view will return the equivalent of the following JSON:

{"string": "test",
 "number": 42,
 "array": [1, 2, 3],
 "js_object": {foo: "bar"}}

EDIT: And yes, Assaf Lavie is right, your template can spew invalid JSON.