DJANGO simplejson

Good afternoon..i have a model with a class like this:

class Reportage:
    def get_num(self):
        end_date = self.date.end_date
        start_date = self.date.start_date
        duration = time.mktime(end_date.timetuple()) - time.mktime(start_date.timetuple())
        delta_t = duration / 60
        num = []

        for t in range(0,duration,delta_t):
            start = t + start_date
            end = datetime.timedelta(0,t+delta_t) + start_date
            n_num = self.get_num_in_interval(start,end)
            num.append([t, n_num])
        return num

I want to serialize with simplejson the array num [] in the views.py for passing in a second moment this array to a jquery script to plot it in a graph.. what's the code to serialize that array..? I hope I was clear .. thanks in advance to all those who respond ..

Solution

Following @ninefingers' response. I think that your question is aimed on how to make that dumped json string available to a jQuery plugin.

# views.py

def my_view(request):
# do stuff
num = reportage_instance.get_num()
num_json = simplejson.dumps(num)
return render(request, 'template.html', {
  'num_json': num_json,
})

In your template, you make available that json obj as a Javascript variable

# template.html

<html>
<body>
<script>
var NUM_JSON = {{num_json|safe}};
myScript.doSomething(NUM_JSON);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Now you can call regular JS with the NUM_JSON variable.