Question

I am trying to make a python package alias, by writing a small script in my site-packages. Here I am trying to use json by naming it as ujson.

#ujson.py
import json

def dumps(*args, **kwargs):
    return json.dumps(args, kwargs)

def loads(*args, **kwargs):
    return json.loads(args, kwargs)


#test.py
import ujson
d = {'a': 'b'}
du = ujson.dumps(d)
lo = ujson.loads(du)

Strangely, its working for dumps but for loads its giving TypeError: expected string or buffer

Help.

Answer 1

You forgot to propagate the arguments properly.

return json.dumps(*args, **kwargs)

But really…

dumps = json.dumps
loads = json.loads