I'm rewriting a view based on what I know the final output should be in json but it's returning the dictionary as a string.
new output
{
"results":
["
{
'plot': u'',
'runtime': u'N/A',
'description': u'x',
'videos': [
{
'id': 823,
'name': u'x',
'youtube_id': u'FtcubOnXgZk'
}
],
'country': u'India',
'writer': u'Neetu Varma, Ranjeev Verma',
'name': u'Chalk N Duster',
'id': 940,
'director': u'Jayant Gilatar',
'hot': True,
'content': u'x',
'actors': u'Shabana Azmi, Arya Babbar, Gavie Chahal, Juhi Chawla',
'year': 2015,
'images': [
{'small': '/media/cache/62/fd/62fd5158d281c042e3cf1f919183e94e.jpg', 'medium': '/media/cache/5e/32/5e32ebb1a4d25bba0d0c70b4b448e948.jpg'}],
'trailer_youtube_id': u'FtcubOnXgZk',
'type': 'movie',
'slug': u'chalk-n-duster',
'categories': [{'parent_id': 2, 'id': 226, 'name': u'Drama'}],
'shows': {
'starts': '2016-01-16',
'booking_url': u'',
'venue': {
'address': u'',
'id': 854,
'name': u'Nyali Cinemax',
'area': {
'id': 52,
'parent': {
'id': 48,
'name': u'Mombasa'
},
'name': u'Nyali'
}
},
'starts_time': '18:30:00'
}
}", "{'plot': u'' ....
old output
"results": [
{
"actors": "x",
"categories": [
{
"id": 299,
"name": "Biography",
"parent_id": 2
},
],
"content": "x",
"country": "x",
"description": "x",
"director": "x",
"hot": true,
"id": 912,
"images": [
{
"medium": "/media/cache/d2/b3/d2b3a7885e7c39bfc5c2b297b66619c5.jpg",
"small": "/media/cache/e2/d0/e2d01b2c7c77d3590536666de4a7fd7d.jpg"
}
],
"name": "Bridge of Spies",
"plot": "x",
"runtime": "141 min",
"shows": [
{
"booking_url": "",
"starts": "2015-11-27",
"starts_time": "16:30:00",
"venue": {
"address": "The Junction Shopping Mall",
"area": {
"id": 68,
"name": "Ngong Road",
"parent": {
"id": 2,
"name": "Nairobi"
}
},
"id": 1631,
"name": "Century Cinemax Junction"
}
},
],
"slug": "bridge-of-spies",
"trailer_youtube_id": "",
"type": "movie",
"videos": [
{
"id": "795",
"name": "Bridge of Spies",
"youtube_id": "2-2x3r1m2I4"
}
],
"writer": "Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen",
"year": 2015
}, ...
]
Here's the view, I know the shows should also be a list, but in order to start testing I'll need the data to come in the right format. If it's involves too much rewriting I'm okay with links and explanation.
@memoize(timeout=60*60)
def movies_json():
today = datetime.date.today()
movies = Movie.objects.filter(shows__starts__gte=today)
results = []
number = len(movies)
for movie in movies:
print "Now Remaining: {0}".format(number)
number -= 1
medium = get_thumbnail(movie.picture(), '185x274', crop='center', quality=99).url
small = get_thumbnail(movie.picture(), '50x74', crop='center', quality=99).url
movie_details = {
'director':movie.director,
'plot':movie.plot,
'actors':movie.actors,
'content':movie.content,
'country':movie.country,
'description':movie.description,
'hot':movie.hot,
'id':movie.id,
'images':[{'medium':medium, 'small':small}],
'name':movie.name,
'plot':movie.plot,
'runtime':movie.runtime,
'slug':movie.slug,
'type':'movie',
'writer':movie.writer,
'year':movie.year,
}
youtube_details = movie.videos.filter(youtube_id__isnull=False)[0]
movie_details['trailer_youtube_id'] = youtube_details.youtube_id if youtube_details.youtube_id else ""
movie_details['videos'] = [
{
'id':youtube_details.id,
'name':movie.name,
'youtube_id':youtube_details.youtube_id,
}
]
shows = []
for show in movie.shows.all():
show_details = {
'booking_url':show.booking_url,
'starts':show.starts.isoformat(),
'starts_time':show.starts_time.isoformat(),
'venue': {
'address':show.venue.address,
'area': {
'id': show.venue.area.id,
'name': show.venue.area.name,
'parent': {
'id': show.venue.area.parent.id,
'name': show.venue.area.parent.name,
}
},
'id': show.venue.id,
'name': show.venue.name,
}
}
shows.append(show_details)
movie_details['shows'] = show_details
category_list = []
for category in movie.categories.all():
category_details = {
'id':category.id,
'name':category.name,
'parent_id':category.parent.id,
}
category_list.append(category_details)
movie_details['categories'] = category_list
results.append(movie_details)
return results
The data is returned by django rest framework 0.4.0
return json.dumps(results)