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title: use jsonify instead of json.dumps for JSON output
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# use jsonify instead of json.dumps for JSON output

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `python-flask/use-jsonify`

**Language:** Python

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

With the flask framework, `jsonify` helps you write API endpoints that return JSON data.

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [Python Flask: `jsonify()`](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.3.x/api/#flask.json.jsonify)

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

```python
@app.route("/article")
def get_article():
    article = get_article_by_id(request.args.get("id"))
    return json.dumps(article) # use flask.jsonify instead of json.dumps
```

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

```python
from flask import jsonify

@app.route("/article")
def get_article():
    article = get_article_by_id(request.args.get("id"))
    return jsonify(article)
```
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