json.dump throwing “TypeError: {…} is not JSON serializable”

If it's a set type,then turn the set into list before serializing, or use a custom default handler to do so:

1 def set_default(obj):
2     if isinstance(obj, set):
3         return list(obj)
4     raise TypeError
5 
6 result = json.dumps(yourdata, default=set_default)

 

If you want a dict type,Maybe it's not actually a dictionary; it's another mapping type that looks like a dictionary. Use type()to verify. Pass it to dict() to get a real dictionary from it.  

 1 def __init__(self, element):
 2     self.element = element
 3 
 4 def execute(self):
 5     if isinstance(self.element, dict):
 6         self.__iterate()
 7     else:
 8         return
 9 
10 def __iterate(self):
11     for key in self.element:
12         if isinstance(self.element[key], <ClassName>):
13             self.element[key] = str(self.element[key])
14 
15         node = NormalizeData(self.element[key])
16         node.execute()

 

posted @ 2014-05-22 10:52  Sungyou_Yu  阅读(985)  评论(0编辑  收藏  举报