How do I JSON serialize a Python dictionary?

I'm trying to make a Django function for JSON serializing something and returning it in an HttpResponse object.

def json_response(something):
    data = serializers.serialize("json", something)
    return HttpResponse(data)

I'm using it like this:

return json_response({ howdy : True })

But I get this error:

"bool" object has no attribute "_meta"

Any ideas?

EDIT: Here is the traceback:

http://dpaste.com/38786/

From stackoverflow

• The Django serializers module is designed to serialize Django ORM objects. If you want to encode a regular Python dictionary you should use simplejson, which ships with Django in case you don't have it installed already.

  from django.utils import simplejson
  
  def json_response(something):
      return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(something))
  

  I'd suggest sending it back with an application/javascript Content-Type header (you could also use application/json but that will prevent you from debugging in your browser):

  from django.utils import simplejson
  
  def json_response(something):
      return HttpResponse(
          simplejson.dumps(something),
          content_type = 'application/javascript; charset=utf8'
      )
  

  Dave : Use JSONView in Firefox to nicely format JSON returned with the application/json content type.

  Dave : That was supposed to be a link to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10869

• What about a JsonResponse Class that extends HttpResponse:

  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.utils import simplejson
  
  class JsonResponse(HttpResponse):
      def __init__(self, data):
          content = simplejson.dumps(data,
                                     indent=2,
                                     ensure_ascii=False)
          super(JsonResponse, self).__init__(content=content,
                                             mimetype='application/json; charset=utf8')
  

  Justin Hamade : Thats a good idea i'll probably use this