Opened 5 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

#30458 closed New feature

Allow JsonResponse to automatically serialize JSON responses — at Version 1

Reported by: dopatraman Owned by: nobody
Component: HTTP handling Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords: json
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by dopatraman)

I find the JsonResponse interface to be a bit clunky. I'd like to be able to do something like this:

# models.py
class BaseModel(models.Model):
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True


class User(AbstractUser):
    username = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True)
    email = models.EmailField(unique=True, null=False)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)


class Post(BaseModel):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    content_url = models.URLField(null=False)

#############

# views.py
def get_all_posts(request):
    return JsonResponse({"posts": list(Post.objects.all())})

return JsonResponse({"posts": list(Post.objects.all())})

But this produces a JSON serialization error. The "proper" way is apparently to serialize and deserialize the object manually, which in itself is not adequate because the process separates the values of the model instance from its primary key (detailed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56012024/why-doesnt-jsonresponse-automatically-serialize-my-django-model/56016542#56016542)

Can we improve JsonResponse so that it automatically serializes responses?

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comment:1 by dopatraman, 5 years ago

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