Fixed #25254 -- Added JsonResponse json_dumps_params parameter.

4 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/django/http/response.py b/django/http/response.py
index aece5ec5a6..b42f0b51d3 100644
--- a/django/http/response.py
+++ b/django/http/response.py
@@ -492,12 +492,16 @@ class JsonResponse(HttpResponse):
       ``django.core.serializers.json.DjangoJSONEncoder``.
     :param safe: Controls if only ``dict`` objects may be serialized. Defaults
       to ``True``.
+    :param json_dumps_params: A dictionary of kwargs passed to json.dumps().
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, data, encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, safe=True, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, data, encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, safe=True,
+                 json_dumps_params=None, **kwargs):
         if safe and not isinstance(data, dict):
             raise TypeError('In order to allow non-dict objects to be '
                 'serialized set the safe parameter to False')
+        if json_dumps_params is None:
+            json_dumps_params = {}
         kwargs.setdefault('content_type', 'application/json')
-        data = json.dumps(data, cls=encoder)
+        data = json.dumps(data, cls=encoder, **json_dumps_params)
         super(JsonResponse, self).__init__(content=data, **kwargs)
diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 86cc4ccbd1..203db54eb0 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ types of HTTP responses. Like ``HttpResponse``, these subclasses live in
 JsonResponse objects
 ====================
 
-.. class:: JsonResponse(data, encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, safe=True, **kwargs)
+.. class:: JsonResponse(data, encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, safe=True, json_dumps_params=None, **kwargs)
 
     An :class:`HttpResponse` subclass that helps to create a JSON-encoded
     response. It inherits most behavior from its superclass with a couple
@@ -934,6 +934,13 @@ JsonResponse objects
     ``dict`` instances are allowed). If ``safe`` is ``True`` and a non-``dict``
     object is passed as the first argument, a :exc:`TypeError` will be raised.
 
+    The ``json_dumps_params`` parameter is a dictionary of keyword arguments
+    to pass to the ``json.dumps()`` call used to generate the response.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.9
+
+        The ``json_dumps_params`` argument was added.
+
 Usage
 -----
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
index f6ff0e6105..be5c3427a1 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
@@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ Requests and Responses
 * Added :meth:`HttpRequest.get_port() <django.http.HttpRequest.get_port>` to
   fetch the originating port of the request.
 
+* Added the ``json_dumps_params`` parameter to
+  :class:`~django.http.JsonResponse` to allow passing keyword arguments to the
+  ``json.dumps()`` call used to generate the response.
+
 Tests
 ^^^^^
 
diff --git a/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py b/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py
index 74a8f923cf..9ccd66ddf0 100644
--- a/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py
@@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ class JsonResponseTests(SimpleTestCase):
         response = JsonResponse({}, encoder=CustomDjangoJSONEncoder)
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content.decode()), {'foo': 'bar'})
 
+    def test_json_response_passing_arguments_to_json_dumps(self):
+        response = JsonResponse({'foo': 'bar'}, json_dumps_params={'indent': 2})
+        self.assertEqual(response.content.decode(), '{\n  "foo": "bar"\n}')
+
 
 class StreamingHttpResponseTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_streaming_response(self):