python JSON array newlines

Question

I have a large dictionary that has some large array data in it:

d = {\'something\': {\'else\': \'x\'}, \'longnumbers\': [1,2,3,4,54,6,67,7,7,8,8,8,6,4,3,3,5,6,7,         


        

Answer 1

I ended up just writing my own JSON serializer:

import numpy

INDENT = 3
SPACE = " "
NEWLINE = "\n"

def to_json(o, level=0):
    ret = ""
    if isinstance(o, dict):
        ret += "{" + NEWLINE
        comma = ""
        for k,v in o.iteritems():
            ret += comma
            comma = ",\n"
            ret += SPACE * INDENT * (level+1)
            ret += '"' + str(k) + '":' + SPACE
            ret += to_json(v, level + 1)

        ret += NEWLINE + SPACE * INDENT * level + "}"
    elif isinstance(o, basestring):
        ret += '"' + o + '"'
    elif isinstance(o, list):
        ret += "[" + ",".join([to_json(e, level+1) for e in o]) + "]"
    elif isinstance(o, bool):
        ret += "true" if o else "false"
    elif isinstance(o, int):
        ret += str(o)
    elif isinstance(o, float):
        ret += '%.7g' % o
    elif isinstance(o, numpy.ndarray) and numpy.issubdtype(o.dtype, numpy.integer):
        ret += "[" + ','.join(map(str, o.flatten().tolist())) + "]"
    elif isinstance(o, numpy.ndarray) and numpy.issubdtype(o.dtype, numpy.inexact):
        ret += "[" + ','.join(map(lambda x: '%.7g' % x, o.flatten().tolist())) + "]"
    elif o is None:
        ret += 'null'
    else:
        raise TypeError("Unknown type '%s' for json serialization" % str(type(o)))
    return ret