Bug: Benedict to_json converts np.int64 to str

[divyanshu16]

Whenever np.int64 datatype comes, benedict is returning str due to which when I json load, I am not seeing number.

json.loads(benedict({"x": [np.int64(0), np.int64(34)]}).to_json())

[fabiocaccamo]

@divyanshu16 as you can see in the json serializer, all unexpected types are casted to str to avoid encoding errors.

Does it work correctly if you encode it with the standard json encoder?

json.loads(json.dumps({"x": [np.int64(0), np.int64(34)]})))

Keep in mind that with benedict all encoders/decoders can receive their own options using kwargs, it means that you can write your own json encoder and pass it using the default option to to_json method.

[fabiocaccamo]

any feedback?

[divyanshu16]

Encoder from https://stackoverflow.com/a/47626762/3234468 helps in json load and then applying deep merge using benedict worked for me.