How can I replace simplejson with json in django python?

Question

I have the following code in my views:

def __init__(self, obj='', json_opts={}, mimetype="application/json", *args, **kwargs):
        content = simplejson.dumps(obj, **json_opts)
        super(JSONResponse, self).__init__(content, mimetype, *args, **kwargs)

Since simplejson is going to be deprecated, can i use this

content = json.dumps(obj, **json_opts)

or do I need to do more?

Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/712791/json-and-simplejson-module-differences-in-python — K Z, Oct 22 '12 at 05:29
@gecco actually have used that acrross the whole site and i have only tested few pages and its working fine, but i anot 100% sure that is ok across all parts — Mirage, Oct 22 '12 at 05:36
@parmod https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.5/#system-version-of-simplejson-no-longer-used — Mirage, Oct 22 '12 at 05:36

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '14 at 09:04

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Use python's json instead:

Django 1.5 release notes

import json

answered Mar 17 '14 at 09:04

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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According to this answer, json is simplejson. However, according to this release note, there might be some incompatibilities depending on which version of simplejson you are currently using. Either way, you will want to replace simplejson with json at some point. Just make sure you test your code before pushing it out to production.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Oct 22 '12 at 05:37

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Unfortunately it's not as simple as that. Please read the bug report linked to in the Django documentation in the link in the question comments. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 22 '12 at 05:39
Thanks for pointing that out. I updated my answer to reflect possible incompatibilities. – Garrett Hyde Oct 22 '12 at 05:52

How can I replace simplejson with json in django python?

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