Convert utf string ftom python to javascript dictionary

Question

I am trying to pass value from Python ta Javascript (simple JSON) but when I try I cannot create, probably because u' for UTF in python

{'username': u'Tester1', 'age': 0L}

How to convert this string to javascript dictionary ? I have tried JSON.parse, eval("(" + json + ")") but it didn't work

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-14 20:29:00Z

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You are passing a Python object instead of JSON.

On the Python side, convert this to JSON first:

import json

json_value = json.dumps(python_object)

Demo:

>>> import json
>>> python_object = {'username': u'Tester1', 'age': 0L}
>>> print json.dumps(python_object)
{"username": "Tester1", "age": 0}

The latter you can load into JavaScript with JSON.parse().

answered Oct 14, 2013 at 20:29

Martijn Pieters

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I happened to provide a similar solution today stackoverflow.com/a/19354394/1903116