from decimal import Decimal import uuid from pyramid.renderers import JSON class DecimalAsFloatHack(float): def __init__(self, d): self.d = d def __repr__(self): return str(self.d) def decimal_adaptor(obj, request): return DecimalAsFloatHack(obj) def uuid_adaptor(obj, request): return str(obj) json_renderer = JSON() json_renderer.add_adapter(Decimal, decimal_adaptor) json_renderer.add_adapter(uuid.UUID, uuid_adaptor)