From c24cdc2b8b984e41c4b89a586f141d23c5099366 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Cai <72774400+vcai122@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 13:32:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Jsonify Nutrition Info (#304)

---
 backend/dining/serializers.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/dining/serializers.py b/backend/dining/serializers.py
index b812cae7..ef8b61c1 100644
--- a/backend/dining/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/dining/serializers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json
+
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from dining.models import DiningItem, DiningMenu, DiningStation, Venue
@@ -10,10 +12,18 @@ class Meta:
 
 
 class DiningItemSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    nutrition_info = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
     class Meta:
         model = DiningItem
         fields = "__all__"
 
+    def get_nutrition_info(self, obj):
+        try:
+            return json.loads(obj.nutrition_info)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            return obj.nutrition_info
+
 
 class DiningStationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     items = DiningItemSerializer(many=True)