From f4e0a52d1c7c590ce893c7e078efea352679a5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alon Levy <alon@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:30:58 +0200
Subject: server: document and test for simplejson

flask uses itsdangerous which uses simplejson
The default json converts namedtuples to arrays stripping the names.
simplejson converts them to a dictionary, a behavior we rely on.
---
 README.mediawiki        | 6 ++++++
 src/server/rz_server.py | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.mediawiki b/README.mediawiki
index 5ad0fa2a..1484ffc3 100644
--- a/README.mediawiki
+++ b/README.mediawiki
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ A collaborative editor for organizing, communicating, and analyzing data in grap
 Install [neo4j](http://neo4j.com/download/)
 
 Install [gevent-socketio](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gevent-socketio/) Or <code> Run pip install gevent-socketio </code>
+
+Install [simplejson](http://undefined.org/python/#simplejson) Or <code> Run pip install simplejson </code>
+ - flask uses itsdangerous which uses simplejson
+ - the default json converts namedtuples to arrays stripping the names.
+ - simplejson converts them to a dictionary, a behavior we rely on.
+
 == Running Rhizi Locally ==
 To run Rhizi locally:
 For testing locally run neo4j locally on the default 7474 port and then launch run-local.sh:<br><code>./run-local.sh</code>
diff --git a/src/server/rz_server.py b/src/server/rz_server.py
index 569eb7e3..df10d5a2 100644
--- a/src/server/rz_server.py
+++ b/src/server/rz_server.py
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import flask
 import crypt_util
 import re
 
+try:
+    import simplejson # we don't use it but we rely on it
+except:
+    print("missing simplejson, which is required due to namedtuple usage")
+    raise SystemExit
+
 from flask import Flask
 from flask import Response
 from flask import session
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