proper handling of Json objects in Python and JS

cozo-lib-nodejs/src/lib.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use miette::{miette, Result};
 use neon::prelude::*;
 use neon::types::buffer::TypedArray;
+use serde_json::json;
 
 use cozo::*;
 
@@ -79,6 +80,17 @@ fn js2value<'a>(
     } else if let Ok(b) = val.downcast::<JsBuffer, _>(cx) {
         let d = b.as_slice(cx);
         *coll = DataValue::Bytes(d.to_vec());
+    } else if let Ok(obj) = val.downcast::<JsObject, _>(cx) {
+        let names = obj.get_own_property_names(cx)?;
+        let mut coll_inner = serde_json::Map::default();
+        for i in 0..names.len(cx) {
+            let name = names.get(cx, i)?.downcast::<JsString, _>(cx)?.value(cx);
+            let v = obj.get(cx, &name)?.downcast::<JsValue, _>(cx)?;
+            let mut target = DataValue::Bot;
+            js2value(cx, v, &mut target)?;
+            coll_inner.insert(name, serde_json::Value::from(target));
+        }
+        *coll = DataValue::Json(JsonData(json!(coll_inner)));
     } else {
         let err = cx.string("Javascript value cannot be converted.");
         return cx.throw(err);

cozo-lib-python/src/lib.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Report, Result};
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyException;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::{PyBytes, PyDict, PyList, PyString, PyTuple};
+use serde_json::json;
 
 use cozo::*;
 
@@ -61,13 +62,17 @@ fn py_to_value(ob: &PyAny) -> PyResult<DataValue> {
         }
         DataValue::List(coll)
     } else if let Ok(d) = ob.downcast::<PyDict>() {
-        let mut coll = Vec::with_capacity(d.len());
+        let mut coll = serde_json::Map::default();
         for (k, v) in d {
-            let k = py_to_value(k)?;
-            let v = py_to_value(v)?;
-            coll.push(DataValue::List(vec![k, v]))
+            let k = serde_json::Value::from(py_to_value(k)?);
+            let k = match k {
+                serde_json::Value::String(s) => s,
+                s => s.to_string(),
+            };
+            let v = serde_json::Value::from(py_to_value(v)?);
+            coll.insert(k, v);
         }
-        DataValue::List(coll)
+        DataValue::Json(JsonData(json!(coll)))
     } else {
         return Err(PyException::new_err(format!(
             "Cannot convert {ob} into Cozo value"