Creating JSON in python for an error message [duplicate]

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import json

I'm trying to create a simple json error message to return if I receive a 404 error during the course of my program, but it isn't working as I anticipated.

error_data = '{"can_post": "error", "website": "error"}'
print json.dumps(error_data)

gives me:

"{\"can_post\": \"error\", \"website\": \"error\"}"

what am I doing wrong? I expected:

{"can_post": "error", "website": "error"}

I realize I could do this:

error_data = '{"can_post": "error", "website": "error"}'
print json.dumps(error_data)

Which works.

thebjorn · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-27 08:38:35Z

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You are feeding json.dumps a string. It should be an object:

error_data = {"can_post": "error", "website": "error"}
print json.dumps(error_data)

answered Dec 27, 2015 at 8:38

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