Store a numpy.ndarray or any nested-list composition as JSON

numpy_encoder.py

# Link: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47626762/10307491
class NumpyEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    def default(self, obj):
        if isinstance(obj, np.ndarray):
            return obj.tolist()
        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)

a = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])
print(a.shape)
json_dump = json.dumps({'a': a, 'aa': [2, (2, 3, 4), a], 'bb': [2]}, 
                       cls=NumpyEncoder)
print(json_dump)