proper output of mongoengine documents,

thought I solved this dumb thing yesterday...

minor/controller/music.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
 from minor.decorators import json_required, auth_required
 from minor.model import Song
-from minor.util import get_ext
+from minor.util import get_ext, transform_mongo_dict
 
 @route("/api/music")
 class MusicController(FlaskController):
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ class MusicController(FlaskController):
         songs = Song.objects.skip(start).limit(limit)
         count = Song.objects.count()
 
-        # ech mongo_engine is garbage
-        songs = list(map(lambda x : json.loads(x.to_json()), songs))
+        # ech mongoengine is garbage
+        songs_dict_arr = json.loads(songs.to_json())
+        songs = list(map(lambda x: transform_mongo_dict(x), songs_dict_arr))
 
         # check if songs is empty
         if songs:
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ class MusicController(FlaskController):
         song = Song.objects.get(id=id)
 
         if song is not None:
-            return jsonify({"code": 200, "message": "ok", "data": json.loads(song.to_json())}), 200
+            song = transform_mongo_dict(json.loads(song.to_json()))
+            return jsonify({"code": 200, "message": "ok", "data": song}), 200
         else:
             return jsonify({"code": 400, "message": "bad_request"}), 400
 

minor/util.py

@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ def get_ext(filename):
         return filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower()
     else: 
         return None
+
+
+def transform_mongo_dict(mongo_dict):
+        mongo_dict["id"] = mongo_dict["_id"]["$oid"]
+        del mongo_dict["_id"]
+        return mongo_dict