TypeError when converting dictionary to JSON array
dictionary, json, python
Solution
You are trying to serialise the type object, `dict`, instead of `info`. Dump the right variable:
print(json.dumps(info))
Problem
How do I take a python dictionary where the keys and values are Strings and convert it into a JSON String. This is what I have right now: ``` import json def create_simple_meeting(subject, startDate, endDate, location, body): info = dict() if(subject != ""): info["subject"] = subject if(startDate != ""): info["startDate"] = startDate if(endDate != ""): info["endDate"] = endDate if(body != ""): info["body"] = body if(location != ""): info["location"] = location print(json.dumps(dict)) create_simple_meeting("This is the subject of our meeting.","2014-05-29 11:00:00","2014-05-29 12:00:00", "Boca Raton", "We should definitely meet up, man") ``` And it gives me this error ``` File "/Users/bens/Documents/workspace/Copy of ws1 for py java playing/opias/robot/libs/playing.py", line 15, in create_simple_meeting print(json.dumps(dict)) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 243, in dumps return _default_encoder.encode(obj) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/encoder.py", line 207, in encode chunks = self.iterencode(o, _one_shot=True) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/encoder.py", line 270, in iterencode return _iterencode(o, 0) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/encoder.py", line 184, in default raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable") TypeError: <type 'dict'> is not JSON serializable ```