Object of type QuerySet is not JSON serializable

Using Django
1

Hello, I’m trying to display some info from models through views as a list of dictionaries in JSON format but I get the error Object of type QuerySet is not JSON serializable. How do I fix this?

models.py

class Map(models.Model):
    lng = models.FloatField()
    lat = models.FloatField()
    description = models.TextField(max_length=240)

views.py

from django.http import JsonResponse

def map(request):
    data = Map.objects.values('lat', 'lng', 'description')
    return render(request, "map.html", JsonResponse({"data": data}))
2

Why are you trying to pass a JsonResponse to render? If you’re rendering it within a template, you probably just want to pass a JSON object to the template.

You also want to convert your queryset to a list before conversion - you want to make sure it’s evaluated before conversion.

3

This is my 2nd attempt

views.py

def map(request):
    data = Map.objects.all()
    data = serializers.serialize('json', data, fields=("lat", "lng", "desc"))
    return render(request, "map.html", {"data": data})

The output looks like this

"[{"model": "blog.map", "pk": 1, "fields": {"lng": -117.168055, "lat": 33.674921, "desc": "This is some text."}}, {"model": "blog.map", "pk": 2, "fields": {"lng": -117.16793, "lat": 33.68354, "desc": "This is some text."}}]"

However, it should look like this

"[{"lat": "33.674921", "lng": "-117.168055", "desc": "This is some text."}, {"lat": "33.683540", "lng": "-117.167930", "desc": "This is some text."}]"
4

Yes, because you’re “doing too much” with it.

Try:

def map(request):
    data = list(Map.objects.values('lat', 'lng', 'description'))
    return render(request, "map.html", {'data': data})

(Edited to fix error with context)

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5

Haha you’re so right! This worked though. Thanks Ken.

def map(request):

    data = dumps(list(Map.objects.values('lat', 'lng', 'desc')))
 
    return render(request, "map.html", {"data": data})