TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable

TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable #

The Python "TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable" occurs when we try to convert a numpy int64 object to a JSON string. To solve the error, convert the numpy int to a Python integer before converting it to JSON, e.g. int(my_numpy_int).

Here is an example of how the error occurs.

main.py

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import json
import numpy as np

salary = np.power(100, 4, dtype=np.int64)

# ⛔️ TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable
json_str = json.dumps({'salary': salary})

print(json_str)

We tried passing a numpy int64 object to the json.dumps() method but the method doesn't handle numpy integers by default.

To solve the error, use the built-in int() (or float) constructor to convert the numpy integer to a native Python integer before serializing it.

main.py

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import json
import numpy as np

salary = np.power(100, 4, dtype=np.int64)

# 👇️ convert to int
json_str = json.dumps({'salary': int(salary)})

print(json_str) # 👉️ '{"salary": 100000000}'

print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

The default JSON encoder handles int and float values, so we can use a native Python int instead of a numpy int when serializing to JSON.

The json.dumps method converts a Python object to a JSON formatted string.

Alternatively, you can extend from the JSONEncoder class and handle the conversions in a default method.

main.py

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import json
import numpy as np

salary = np.power(100, 4, dtype=np.int64)

class NpEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    def default(self, obj):
        if isinstance(obj, np.integer):
            return int(obj)
        if isinstance(obj, np.floating):
            return float(obj)
        if isinstance(obj, np.ndarray):
            return obj.tolist()
        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)


json_str = json.dumps({'salary': salary}, cls=NpEncoder)

print(json_str)  # 👉️ '{"salary": 100000000}'
print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

We extended from the JSONEncoder class.

The JSONEncoder class supports the following objects and types by default.

Python	JSON
dict	object
list, tuple	array
str	string
int, float, int and float derived Enums	number
True	true
False	false
None	null

Notice that the JSONEncoder class doesn't support numpy int64 to JSON conversion by default.

We can handle this by extending from the class and implementing a default() method that returns a serializable object.

main.py

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import json
import numpy as np

class NpEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    def default(self, obj):
        if isinstance(obj, np.integer):
            return int(obj)
        if isinstance(obj, np.floating):
            return float(obj)
        if isinstance(obj, np.ndarray):
            return obj.tolist()
        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)

If the passed in object is an instance of np.integer, we convert the object to a Python int and return the result.

If the passed in object is an instance of np.floating, we convert it to a Python float and return the result.

If the object is an instance of np.ndarray, we convert it to a Python list and return the result.

In all other cases, we let the base classes' default method do the serialization.

To use a custom JSONEncoder, specify it with the cls keyword argument in your call to the json.dumps() method.

main.py

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import json
import numpy as np

salary = np.power(100, 4, dtype=np.int64)

class NpEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    def default(self, obj):
        if isinstance(obj, np.integer):
            return int(obj)
        if isinstance(obj, np.floating):
            return float(obj)
        if isinstance(obj, np.ndarray):
            return obj.tolist()
        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)


# ✅ pass cls kwarg
json_str = json.dumps({'salary': salary}, cls=NpEncoder)

print(json_str)  # 👉️ '{"salary": 100000000}'
print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

If you don't provide the cls kwarg, the default JSONEncoder is used.

TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable

TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable #

Borislav Hadzhiev