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edx-platform/common/djangoapps/util/json_request.py
2013-11-26 10:17:52 -05:00

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from functools import wraps
import json
from django.core.serializers import serialize
from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
from django.http import HttpResponse
def expect_json(view_function):
"""
View decorator for simplifying handing of requests that expect json. If the request's
CONTENT_TYPE is application/json, parses the json dict from request.body, and updates
request.POST with the contents.
"""
@wraps(view_function)
def parse_json_into_request(request, *args, **kwargs):
# cdodge: fix postback errors in CMS. The POST 'content-type' header can include additional information
# e.g. 'charset', so we can't do a direct string compare
if "application/json" in request.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '') and request.body:
request.json = json.loads(request.body)
else:
request.json = {}
return view_function(request, *args, **kwargs)
return parse_json_into_request
class JsonResponse(HttpResponse):
"""
Django HttpResponse subclass that has sensible defaults for outputting JSON.
"""
def __init__(self, object=None, status=None, encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder,
*args, **kwargs):
if object in (None, ""):
content = ""
status = status or 204
elif isinstance(object, QuerySet):
content = serialize('json', object)
else:
content = json.dumps(object, cls=encoder, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
kwargs.setdefault("content_type", "application/json")
if status:
kwargs["status"] = status
super(JsonResponse, self).__init__(content, *args, **kwargs)