strix

commit f877c9f13e5f669032ca8800bcd1d6495d8daca9
parent c866e05d213c6f13a1e433a2cdb5424c608d00e5
Author: Brian C. Lane <bcl@brianlane.com>
Date:   Sun, 20 Mar 2022 10:01:04 -0700

api: Default to string in json output

This allows use of datetime objects in the details dict to be output
without converting them to strings.

Diffstat:
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src/strix/api.py
 | 
5
++++-

1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/strix/api.py b/src/strix/api.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import os
 import mimetypes
 mimetypes.add_type("video/mp4", ".m4v")
 
-from bottle import route, run, static_file, request, Response
+from bottle import install, route, run, static_file, request, Response, JSONPlugin
+from json import dumps
 
 from . import logger
 from .events import camera_events
@@ -69,4 +70,6 @@ def run_api(logging_queue: mp.Queue, base_dir: str, host: str, port: int, debug:
                 "limit":    limit,
                 "events":   events}
 
+    # Use str as default in json dumps for objects like datetime
+    install(JSONPlugin(json_dumps=lambda s: dumps(s, default=str)))
     run(host=host, port=port, debug=debug, server="gevent")