[1.8.x] Fixed #25019 -- Added UUID support in DjangoJSONEncoder

Backport of 6355a6d4f5 and 2e05ef4e18 from master.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/serializers/json.py b/django/core/serializers/json.py
index f67295edf9..764640465d 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/json.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/json.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 import datetime
 import decimal
 import json
+import uuid
 import sys
 
 from django.core.serializers.base import DeserializationError
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ def Deserializer(stream_or_string, **options):
 
 class DjangoJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     """
-    JSONEncoder subclass that knows how to encode date/time and decimal types.
+    JSONEncoder subclass that knows how to encode date/time, decimal types and UUIDs.
     """
     def default(self, o):
         # See "Date Time String Format" in the ECMA-262 specification.
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ class DjangoJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
             return r
         elif isinstance(o, decimal.Decimal):
             return str(o)
+        elif isinstance(o, uuid.UUID):
+            return str(o)
         else:
             return super(DjangoJSONEncoder, self).default(o)