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POWhy does json.dumps() throw a 500 internal server error when using variables?
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    copied!<p>I've tested this out thoroughly and I have no idea why it's doing this, so I was wondering if someone could explain...</p> <p>json.dumps() is throwing a 500 internal server error when I try to use a variable instead of a string.</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>error = 'Login Failed: Your username or password is incorrect.' test = json.dumps({'form': error}) </code></pre> <p>will return a 500 internal server error when attempting to return through jQuery.ajax</p> <p>However,</p> <pre><code>test = json.dumps({'form': 'Login Failed: Your username or password is incorrect.'}) </code></pre> <p>will not throw a 500 internal server error. I've tested this out thoroughly with single quotes, double quotes, different formatting, etc and it all points to json.dumps()</p> <p>For some reason, this is only occurring when calling the view through jQuery.ajax</p> <p><em><strong></em> even if i don't return json.dump() and return a normal json object it still throws a 500 error, which is why I've concluded that it's json.dumps() and not the .ajax call **</strong></p> <p>Here's an extra snippet of code where I'm using this: For unknown reasons.. this will throw an error while calling this particular page through jQuery.ajax()</p> <p>Yes.. even though the variable 'test' is not being returned.</p> <pre><code> elif(password == 'testing_this'): error = 'Login Failed: Your username or password is incorrect.' errors = True test = json.dumps({'form': error}) #print test date = datetime.date.today() if(errors == True): return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'form': 'error message here'}), mimetype='application/json') else: return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'result': True}), mimetype='application/json') </code></pre>
 

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