Output utf-8 characters in django as json

Question

I am trying to display some json with cyrillic characters. But, for example, instead of Cyrillic A, I get the code ascii - \ u0410 And this is not the json encoder that breaks the material. If I try to output my own ls variable, it already displays the ascii view. I tried to encode-decode it in different ways, but in the end I got a compromise.

Here is the code:

def grades(request): grades = Grades.objects.all() Status = 0 Message = 'No records' dataset = {} Response = {} Response['Type'] = 'class' Response['Data'] = {} x = '' if grades.exists() : Status = 1 Message = 'Success' ls = list() for grade in grades: dataitem = {} dataitem['id'] = grade.id dataitem['name'] = u'' + str(grade.grade) + grade.letter #x = x + ls.append( dataitem ) Response['Data'] = ls dataset['Status'] = Status dataset['Message'] = Message dataset['Response'] = Response return HttpResponse(json.dumps(dataset, ensure_ascii="False"), content_type="application/json; encoding=utf-8") 

Here is the result:

 {"Status": 1, "Message": "Success", "Response": {"Data": [{"id": 1, "name": "1\u0410"}, {"id": 2, "name": "1\u0411"}, {"id": 3, "name": "1\u0412"}, {"id": 4, "name": "2\u0410"}, {"id": 5, "name": "2\u0411"}, {"id": 6, "name": "2\u0412"}], "Type": "class"}} 

Answer 1

A non-empty string is considered as a true value.

 >>> bool("False") True >>> bool("") False >>> print(json.dumps(u'\u0411', ensure_ascii="False")) "\u0411" >>> print(json.dumps(u'\u0411', ensure_ascii=False)) "" 

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Replace "False" in the next line with False .

 return HttpResponse(json.dumps(dataset, ensure_ascii="False"), content_type="application/json; encoding=utf-8") # ^^^^^^^ to False