3 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk.py b/archinstall/lib/disk.py
index 7cd8dd0f..b11f2318 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk.py
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ class BlockDevice():
 			raise KeyError(f'{self} does not contain information: "{key}"')
 		return self.info[key]
 
+	def json(self):
+		"""
+		json() has precedence over __dump__, so this is a way
+		to give less/partial information for user readability.
+		"""
+		return {
+			'path' : self.path,
+			'size' : self.info['size'] if 'size' in self.info else '<unknown>'
+		}
+
 	def __dump__(self):
 		return {
 			'path' : self.path,
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/general.py b/archinstall/lib/general.py
index 393bf69a..ff834241 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/general.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/general.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os, json, hashlib, shlex, sys
 import time, pty
+from datetime import datetime, date
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE, check_output
 from select import epoll, EPOLLIN, EPOLLHUP
 from .exceptions import *
@@ -30,6 +31,43 @@ def locate_binary(name):
 					return os.path.join(root, file)
 			break # Don't recurse
 
+class JSON_Encoder:
+	def _encode(obj):
+		if isinstance(obj, dict):
+			## We'll need to iterate not just the value that default() usually gets passed
+			## But also iterate manually over each key: value pair in order to trap the keys.
+			
+			for key, val in list(obj.items()):
+				if isinstance(val, dict):
+					val = json.loads(json.dumps(val, cls=JSON)) # This, is a EXTREMELY ugly hack..
+                                                            # But it's the only quick way I can think of to 
+                                                            # trigger a encoding of sub-dictionaries.
+				else:
+					val = JSON_Encoder._encode(val)
+				del(obj[key])
+				obj[JSON_Encoder._encode(key)] = val
+			return obj
+		elif hasattr(obj, 'json'):
+			return obj.json()
+		elif hasattr(obj, '__dump__'):
+			return obj.__dump__()
+		elif isinstance(obj, (datetime, date)):
+			return obj.isoformat()
+		elif isinstance(obj, (list, set, tuple)):
+			r = []
+			for item in obj:
+				r.append(json.loads(json.dumps(item, cls=JSON)))
+			return r
+		else:
+			return obj
+
+class JSON(json.JSONEncoder, json.JSONDecoder):
+	def _encode(self, obj):
+		return JSON_Encoder._encode(obj)
+
+	def encode(self, obj):
+		return super(JSON, self).encode(self._encode(obj))
+
 class sys_command():#Thread):
 	"""
 	Stolen from archinstall_gui
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/profiles.py b/archinstall/lib/profiles.py
index 47e6dd36..e018f753 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/profiles.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/profiles.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class Profile():
 		self._cache = None
 		self.args = args
 
+	def __dump__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+		return {'path' : self._path}
+
 	def __repr__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		return f'Profile({self._path} <"{self.path}">)'