make_json_response: switch data type to dict, serialize with json.dumps()

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/rz_req_handling.py b/src/server/rz_req_handling.py
index 4fb21d10..e69fdcfd 100644
--- a/src/server/rz_req_handling.py
+++ b/src/server/rz_req_handling.py
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 from flask import jsonify
 from flask import make_response
+import json
 
-def make_json_response(status=200, data='{}'):
+def make_json_response(status=200, data={}):
     """
     Construct a json response with proper content-type header
+
+    @param data: must be serializable via json.dumps
     """
-    resp = make_response(data)
+    data_str = json.dumps(data)
+    resp = make_response(data_str)
     resp.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/json"
     resp.status = str(status)
     return resp
 
+def make_http_response(status=200):
+    resp = make_response()
+    resp.status = str(status)
+    return resp
+
 def common_resp_handle(data=None, error=None):
     """
     common response handling: