How can I convert a dict to a unicode JSON string?

Question

This doesn\'t appear to be possible to me using the standard library json module. When using json.dumps it will automatically escape all non-ASCII char

Answer 1

encode_ascii=False is the best solution IMHO.

If you are using Python2.7, here is example python file :

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# example.py
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from json import dumps as json_dumps
d = {'navn': 'Åge', 'stilling': 'Lærling'}
print json_dumps(d, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')