How can I replace simplejson with json in django python?

Question

I have the following code in my views:

def __init__(self, obj='', json_opts={}, mimetype="application/json", *args, **kwargs):
        content = simplejson.dumps(obj, **json_opts)
        super(JSONResponse, self).__init__(content, mimetype, *args, **kwargs)

Since simplejson is going to be deprecated, can i use this

content = json.dumps(obj, **json_opts)

or do I need to do more?

Answer 1

Use python's json instead:

Django 1.5 release notes

import json

Answer 2

According to this answer, json is simplejson. However, according to this release note, there might be some incompatibilities depending on which version of simplejson you are currently using. Either way, you will want to replace simplejson with json at some point. Just make sure you test your code before pushing it out to production.