convert to json

get_json_data.py

def get_task_json_data(data,length=256):
    try:
        json_data = None
        if data and len(data)>length:
            return error(400, 'value is > expected characters i.e. %s' % length)
        elif data and not isinstance(data,dict):
            return error(400, 'value is not a dictonary/json: %s' % data)
        elif data and isinstance(data,dict):
             json_data = json.dumps(data)
        status = 0
    except ValueError:
        logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
        return 400, 'ValueError: %s' % traceback.format_exc()
    except:
        logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
        return 500, "Unexpected error: %s" % traceback.format_exc()
    return status, json_data