Function dumps

src/flask/json/__init__.py:13–44

Serialize data as JSON. If :data:`~flask.current_app` is available, it will use its :meth:`app.json.dumps() <flask.json.provider.JSONProvider.dumps>` method, otherwise it will use :func:`json.dumps`. :param obj: The data to serialize. :param kwargs: Arguments passed to the ``du

(obj: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any)

def dumps(obj: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> str:
    """Serialize data as JSON.

    If :data:`~flask.current_app` is available, it will use its
    :meth:`app.json.dumps() <flask.json.provider.JSONProvider.dumps>`
    method, otherwise it will use :func:`json.dumps`.

    :param obj: The data to serialize.
    :param kwargs: Arguments passed to the ``dumps`` implementation.

    .. versionchanged:: 2.3
        The ``app`` parameter was removed.

    .. versionchanged:: 2.2
        Calls ``current_app.json.dumps``, allowing an app to override
        the behavior.

    .. versionchanged:: 2.0.2
        :class:`decimal.Decimal` is supported by converting to a string.

    .. versionchanged:: 2.0
        ``encoding`` will be removed in Flask 2.1.

    .. versionchanged:: 1.0.3
        ``app`` can be passed directly, rather than requiring an app
        context for configuration.
    """
    if current_app:
        return current_app.json.dumps(obj, **kwargs)

    kwargs.setdefault("default", _default)
    return _json.dumps(obj, **kwargs)


def dump(obj: t.Any, fp: t.IO[str], **kwargs: t.Any) -> None: