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title: use JsonResponse instead of HttpResponse to send JSON data
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# use JsonResponse instead of HttpResponse to send JSON data

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `python-django/http-response-with-json-dumps`

**Language:** Python

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

Use `JsonResponse` instead of `HttpResponse` when attempting to send JSON data.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```python
import json

from django.http import HttpResponse

response_data = {}
response_data['result'] = 'error'
response_data['message'] = 'Some error message'
return HttpResponse(json.dumps(response_data))  # use a JsonResponse to send JSON data
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```python
import json

from django.http import HttpResponse

response_data = {}
response_data['result'] = 'error'
response_data['message'] = 'Some error message'
return JsonResponse(response_data)
```
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