Pass json.dumps parameters in DeepDiff.to_json #226

Author: seperman

.github/FUNDING.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github: [seperman]
+ko_fi: seperman

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # DeepDiff Change log
 
-- v5-2-3: Retaining the order of multiple dictionary items added via Delta. Fixed the typo with yml files in deep cli. Fixing Grep RecursionError where using non UTF-8 character.
+- v5-2-3: Retaining the order of multiple dictionary items added via Delta. Fixed the typo with yml files in deep cli. Fixing Grep RecursionError where using non UTF-8 character. Allowing kwargs to be passed to to_json method.
 - v5-2-2: Fixed Delta serialization when None type is present.
 - v5-2-0: Removed Murmur3 as the preferred hashing method. Using SHA256 by default now. Added commandline for deepdiff. Added group_by. Added math_epsilon. Improved ignoring of NoneType.
 - v5-0-2: Bug Fix NoneType in ignore type groups https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff/issues/207

deepdiff/serialization.py

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def from_json_pickle(cls, value):
         else:
             logger.error('jsonpickle library needs to be installed in order to run from_json_pickle')  # pragma: no cover. Json pickle is getting deprecated.
 
-    def to_json(self, default_mapping=None):
+    def to_json(self, default_mapping=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Dump json of the text view.
         **Parameters**
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ def to_json(self, default_mapping=None):
         If you have a certain object type that the json serializer can not serialize it, please pass the appropriate type
         conversion through this dictionary.
 
+        kwargs: Any other kwargs you pass will be passed on to Python's json.dumps()
+
         **Example**
 
         Serialize custom objects
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ def to_json(self, default_mapping=None):
             '{"type_changes": {"root": {"old_type": "A", "new_type": "B", "old_value": "obj A", "new_value": "obj B"}}}'
         """
         dic = self.to_dict(view_override=TEXT_VIEW)
-        return json.dumps(dic, default=json_convertor_default(default_mapping=default_mapping))
+        return json.dumps(dic, default=json_convertor_default(default_mapping=default_mapping), **kwargs)
 
     def to_dict(self, view_override=None):
         """

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 
 DeepDiff Changelog
 
-- v5-2-3: Retaining the order of multiple dictionary items added via Delta. Fixed the typo with yml files in deep cli. Fixing Grep RecursionError where using non UTF-8 character.
+- v5-2-3: Retaining the order of multiple dictionary items added via Delta. Fixed the typo with yml files in deep cli. Fixing Grep RecursionError where using non UTF-8 character. Allowing kwargs to be passed to to_json method.
 - v5-2-2: Fixed Delta serialization when None type is present.
 - v5-2-0: Removed Murmur3 as the preferred hashing method. Using SHA256 by default now. Added commandline for deepdiff. Added group_by. Added math_epsilon. Improved ignoring of NoneType.
 - v5-0-2: Bug Fix NoneType in ignore type groups https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff/issues/207