Merge pull request #473 from GeorgeOG/patch-1

serialize objects to bytes in a JSON compatible way

Author: rkodev

packages/serialization/json/kiota_serialization_json/json_parse_node.py

@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ def get_bytes_value(self) -> Optional[bytes]:
         Returns:
             bytearray: The bytearray value from the nodes
         """
-        base64_string = str(self._json_node)
+        if isinstance(self._json_node, str):
+            base64_string = self._json_node
+        else:
+            base64_string = json.dumps(self._json_node)
         if not base64_string:
             return None
         return base64_string.encode("utf-8")

packages/serialization/json/tests/unit/test_json_parse_node.py

@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ def test_get_bytes_value():
     parse_node = JsonParseNode("U2Ftd2VsIGlzIHRoZSBiZXN0")
     result = parse_node.get_bytes_value()
     assert isinstance(result, bytes)
+    assert result.decode("utf-8") == "U2Ftd2VsIGlzIHRoZSBiZXN0"
+
+
+def test_get_bytes_json_compatible():
+    parse_node = JsonParseNode({"test": 1})
+    result = parse_node.get_bytes_value()
+    assert json.loads(result.decode("utf-8")) == {"test": 1}
 
 
 def test_get_collection_of_enum_values():