Atheneum/server/atheneum/utility.py

"""
Utility classes for Atheneum

"""

from datetime import date
from typing import Any

import rfc3339
from flask.json import JSONEncoder


class CustomJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
    """
    Ensure that datetime values are serialized correctly
    """
    def default(self, o: Any) -> Any:  # pylint: disable=E0202
        try:
            if isinstance(o, date):
                return rfc3339.format(o)
            iterable = iter(o)
        except TypeError:
            pass
        else:
            return list(iterable)
        return JSONEncoder.default(self, o)