from django.shortcuts import render

import json

from django.core import serializers

# Create your views here.

from django.http import HttpResponse

from polls.models import *

def index(request):

    return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the polls index.")

# file_name is a string

def serialize_requests(review_requests, file_name):

    with open(file_name, "w") as out:

        serializer = serializers.get_serializer("json")()

        try:

            serializer.serialize(review_requests, stream = out)

        # raise 'object is not iterable', single request, wrap it with []

        except TypeError:

            serializer.serialize([review_requests], stream = out)

        out.close()

def deserialize_requests(file_name):

    raw_data = open(file_name, "r")

    json_data = json.load(raw_data)

    data = json.dumps(json_data)

    for obj in serializers.deserialize("json", data):

        obj.save()