Source code for transmute_core.contenttype_serializers.json_serializer

import json
from .interface import ContentTypeSerializer
from ..exceptions import SerializationException
from ..compat import string_type


class JsonSerializer(ContentTypeSerializer):

    content_type = ["application/json"]

    @staticmethod
    def dump(data):
        """
        should return back a bytes (or string in python 2),
        representation of your object, to be used in e.g. response
        bodies.
        """
        return json.dumps(data).encode("UTF-8")

    @property
    def main_type(self):
        return self.content_type[0]

    @staticmethod
    def load(raw_bytes):
        """
        given a bytes object, should return a base python data
        structure that represents the object.
        """
        try:
            if not isinstance(raw_bytes, string_type):
                raw_bytes = raw_bytes.decode()
            return json.loads(raw_bytes)
        except ValueError as e:
            raise SerializationException(str(e))

    @staticmethod
    def can_handle(content_type_name):
        """
        given a content type, returns true if this serializer
        can convert bodies of the given type.
        """
        return "json" in content_type_name