Updated for 2018 The original answer accommodated the way MongoDB “date” fields were represented as: {“$date”: 1506816000000} If you want a generic Python solution for serializing datetime to json, check out @jjmontes’ answer for a quick solution which requires no dependencies. As you are using mongoengine (per comments) and pymongo is a dependency, pymongo has built-in utilities to help … Read more
This error means that file was not found. Either path is wrong or file is not present where you want it to be. Try to access it by entering source address in your browser to check if it really is there. Browse the directories on server to ensure the path is correct. You may even … Read more
As of Flask 1.1.0 a view can directly return a Python dict and Flask will call jsonify automatically. If your Flask version is less than 1.1.0 or to return a different JSON-serializable object, import and use jsonify.
To compare arrays, loop through them and compare every value: Comparing arrays: Usage: You may say “But it is much faster to compare strings – no loops…” well, then you should note there ARE loops. First recursive loop that converts Array to string and second, that compares two strings. So this method is faster than use … Read more
Use the second parameter of json_decode to make it return an array:
So, I had to modify your code to run. I am using Python 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 14.04. I received a similar error: Basically, instead of trying to decode the valid json string, we’re trying to decode the Python ‘None’ value, which is not valid json. Try patching in the following example code. Run it first … Read more
I looked at Google’s Gson as a potential JSON plugin. Can anyone offer some form of guidance as to how I can generate Java from this JSON string? Google Gson supports generics and nested beans. The [] in JSON represents an array and should map to a Java collection such as List or just a plain Java array. The {} in JSON … Read more
Starting with Requests version 2.4.2, you can use the json= parameter (which takes a dictionary) instead of data= (which takes a string) in the call:
It’s possible the .read() method is moving the cursor to the end of the file. Try: and see where that gets you. This, of course, assumes you have valid JSON, as your example demonstrates. (Look out for trailing commas)
To remove a property from an object (mutating the object), you can do it like this: Demo For anyone interested in reading more about it, Stack Overflow user kangax has written an incredibly in-depth blog post about the delete statement on their blog, Understanding delete. It is highly recommended. If you’d like a new object with all the keys of the original … Read more