Use ISO8601 format for dates #2714

data-serving/reusable-data-service/reusable_data_service/main.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from flask import Flask, request
 from . import CaseController, MongoStore
+from reusable_data_service.util.iso_json_encoder import ISOJSONEncoder
 
 import os
 import logging
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+app.json_encoder = ISOJSONEncoder
+
 case_controller = None # Will be set up in main()
 
 

data-serving/reusable-data-service/reusable_data_service/util/iso_json_encoder.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import flask.json
+import datetime
+
+class ISOJSONEncoder(flask.json.JSONEncoder):
+ def default(self, obj):
+ try:
+ if isinstance(obj, datetime.date):
+ return obj.isoformat()
+ iterable = iter(obj)
+ except TypeError:
+ pass
+ else:
+ return list(iterable)
+ return flask.json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)

data-serving/reusable-data-service/tests/test_case_end_to_end.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_get_case_with_known_id(client_with_patched_mongo):
  result = response.get_json()
  assert response.status_code == 200
  assert result is not None
- assert result["confirmation_date"] == "Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT"
+ assert result["confirmation_date"] == "2021-12-31"
 
 
 def test_get_case_with_poorly_formatted_id(client_with_patched_mongo):