Info on using "bare" json module in "Serializing Django Objects"

[JonathanHayward]

​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/serialization/ covers how to serialize certain data, namely QuerySets and other model-based data, but it does not appear to contain or cross-reference how one would use the "bare" json module and json.dumps (not serializers.get_serializer('json')()-created objects) to serialize a basic concoction of one or more strings, numbers, hashes, and lists.

In terms of "information scent", the page is a natural search result for ​django serialization which people could find if they are looking how to serialize JSON-like data for Ajax use. Ideally that page should cross-reference, or possibly contain, how to do basic serialization to JSON for constructions from strings/numbers/hashes/lists, particularly as what you get from serializers.get_serializer('json')() has an allergic response to being asked to serialize non-iterable data.

[Gabriel Hurley]

A brief explanation and an example would be helpful, since this is a natural place for people to look for this type of information.

[Ramiro Morales]

This paragraph of the report: Ideally that page should cross-reference, or possibly contain, how to do basic serialization to JSON for constructions from strings/numbers/hashes/lists tells me the OP is asking for information about general Python-JSON serialization.

IMHO (un)fortunately there is a limit in the amount of general no-Django specific information we can put in our docs. That kind of information should be in other places (e.g. the simplejson library docs?).

The fact that one of the uses for this is in AJAX mechanisms (and hence related to the web-centric nature of Django) doesn't change the fact that JSON serialization of arbitrary Python data types is a more broad topic.

I'm closing this ticket for the reason described above.

[Gabriel Hurley]

Upon further review I'm inclined to agree if only because the page is actually titled "Serializing Django objects".