Creating a JSON response using Django and Python

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I usually use a dictionary, not a list to return JSON content. 

import json

from django.http import HttpResponse

response_data = {}
response_data['result'] = 'error'
response_data['message'] = 'Some error message'

Pre-Django 1.7 you’d return it like this:

return HttpResponse(json.dumps(response_data), content_type="application/json")

For Django 1.7+, use JsonResponse as shown in this SO answer like so : 

from django.http import JsonResponse
return JsonResponse({'foo':'bar'})

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