coerce non-json-serializable objects to strings

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jc changelog
 
-20241119 v1.25.4
+20241120 v1.25.4
 - Add `ipconfig` command parser (`ipconfig` for Windows)
 - Enhance `ethtool` parser to support `link_partner_advertised_link_modes`
 - Enhance `ifconfig` parser to support `utun` interfaces with assigned IPv4 addresses on macOS
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jc changelog
 - Fix `uptime` parser for data that contains `user` instead of `users`
 - Fix `yaml` parser to support values that start with an equal sign
 - Enhance `jc.utils.convert_size_to_int()` to add `posix_mode` and `decimal_bias` parameters
+- Enhance cli to coerce any non-JSON-serializable objects to a string
 
 20240609 v1.25.3
 - Enhance `bluetoothctl` parser with added `battery_percentage` field

jc/cli.py

@@ -401,11 +401,16 @@ def json_out(self) -> str:
             self.json_indent = 2
             self.json_separators = None
 
+        # Convert any non-serializable object to a string
+        def string_serializer(data):
+            return str(data)
+
         j_string = json.dumps(
             self.data_out,
             indent=self.json_indent,
             separators=self.json_separators,
-            ensure_ascii=self.ascii_only
+            ensure_ascii=self.ascii_only,
+            default=string_serializer
         )
 
         if not self.mono and PYGMENTS_INSTALLED:

jc/jc_types.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Iterator, Optional, Union
 
+CustomColorType = Dict[Any, str]
 JSONDictType = Dict[str, Any]
 StreamingOutputType = Iterator[Union[JSONDictType, Tuple[BaseException, str]]]
 
@@ -42,11 +43,3 @@
 else:
     ParserInfoType = Dict
     TimeStampFormatType = Dict
-
-
-try:
-    from pygments.token import (Name, Number, String, Keyword)
-    CustomColorType = Dict[Union[Name.Tag, Number, String, Keyword], str]
-
-except Exception:
-    CustomColorType = Dict  # type: ignore