Saving utf-8 texts in json.dumps as UTF8, not as \u escape sequence

Question

sample code:

>>> import json
>>> json_string = json.dumps(\"ברי צקלה\")
>>> print json_string
\"\\u05d1\\u05e8\\u05d9 \\u05e6\\u05         


        

Answer 1

To write to a file

import codecs
import json

with codecs.open('your_file.txt', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    json.dump({"message":"xin chào việt nam"}, f, ensure_ascii=False)

To print to stdout

import json
print(json.dumps({"message":"xin chào việt nam"}, ensure_ascii=False))