Cannot POST datetime to API [closed]

Question

I'm trying to POST datetime to my API but I keep getting this error:

raise TypeError(f'Object of type {o.__class__.__name__} '

TypeError: Object of type datetime is not JSON serializable

Code:

@Slot(int, int, int)
def postValues(self, getPostValue1, getPostValue2, getPostValue3):
    total = getPostValue1
    amountPaid = getPostValue2
    amountRemaining = getPostValue3
    customerID = 2
    userID = 3
    CurrentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now() 

    putData = {"customer_id": customerID, "total_amount": total, "amount_tendered": amountPaid, "date_recorded": CurrentDateTime, "user_id": userID, "amount_remaining": amountRemaining}

    post = requests.post("http://localhost:8085/api/invoice", json=putData)

    print("Invoice Data POST'ed", post.text)

I've looked at other questions highlighting the same issue, but I don't understand how I can incorporate it in my code. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to convert the date-time value into a string. Change:

CurrentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()

to:

CurrentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')