JSON serialization of empty query set raises "cannot serialize" error.

[Oroku Saki]

If I try to use

json.dumps({'items': myitemqueryset})

and the query set is empty, a serialization error comes up with the not-so-helpful message that [] cannot be serialized. In fact [] can be serialized. I take it that an empty queryset's repr returns [], but behaves differently than a normal empty list.

[Oroku Saki]

Oops. My mistake: I put json.dumps but meant:

{'items': serializers.serialize('json', myitemqueryset)}

[Natalia Bidart]

This is working for me using SVN rev 12554, see working example:

In [3]: Person.objects.count()
Out[3]: 0

In [4]: from django.core import serializers

In [5]: serializers.serialize('json', Person.objects.all())
Out[5]: '[]'

[Chris Beaven]

I concur:

In [1]: from django.core import serializers

In [2]: from django.contrib.auth.models import *

In [3]: Group.objects.all()
Out[3]: []

In [4]: serializers.serialize('json', Group.objects.all())
Out[4]: '[]'

In [5]: serializers.serialize('json', [])
Out[5]: '[]'

If there's some other factor we're failing to consider, orokusaki, please comment and reopen (after testing against the latest trunk)

[Oroku Saki]

@SmileyChris, Alex I'm sorry, I didn't include my email so I didn't get an update. I will trust that I just had a typo or something of the sort, rather than trying to reopen this. I decided after much griping that week that I didn't need to try to use serializers for an API, and instead I've switched to Django Piston. Therefore I don't have the code anymore.

[Jacob]

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