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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponse
+from django.utils.simplejson import JSONEncoder
+from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
+from django.utils.simplejson import dumps
+
+class JsonResponse(HttpResponse):
+    """A HttpResponse subclass that creates properly encoded JSON response"""
+
+    def __init__(self, content='', json_opts={},
+                 mimetype="application/json", *args, **kwargs):
+        
+        if content is None: content = []
+        content = serialize_to_json(content,**json_opts)
+        super(JsonResponse,self).__init__(content,mimetype,*args,**kwargs)
+
+class JsonEncoder(JSONEncoder):
+    """A JSONEncoder subclass that also handles querysets and models objects."""
+
+    def default(self,o):
+        # this handles querysets and other iterable types
+        try: iterable = iter(o)
+        except TypeError: pass
+        else: return list(iterable)
+ 
+        # this handlers Models objects
+        try: isinstance(o.__class__,ModelBase)
+        except Exception: pass
+        else: return force_unicode(o)
+ 
+        # delegate the rest to JSONEncoder
+        return super(JsonEncoder,self).default(obj)
+ 
+def serialize_to_json(obj,*args,**kwargs):
+    """A wrapper for dumps with defaults as:
+        ensure_ascii=False
+        cls=JsonEncoder"""
+ 
+    kwargs['ensure_ascii'] = kwargs.get('ensure_ascii', False)
+    kwargs['cls'] = kwargs.get('cls', JsonEncoder)
+    return dumps(obj,*args,**kwargs)
+
+def as_kwargs(qdict):
+    kwargs = {}
+    for k,v in qdict.items():
+        kwargs[str(k)] = v
+    return kwargs