The restjson return values are not nested in the result attribute of an object. The former behavior can be obtained with the nest_result protocol option

wsme/protocols/restjson.py

@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ class RestJsonProtocol(RestProtocol):
         'text/javascript',
          '']
 
+    def __init__(self, nest_result=False):
+        super(RestJsonProtocol, self).__init__()
+        self.nest_result = nest_result
+
     def decode_arg(self, value, arg):
         return fromjson(arg.datatype, value)
 
@@ -182,7 +186,9 @@ class RestJsonProtocol(RestProtocol):
 
     def encode_result(self, context, result):
         r = tojson(context.funcdef.return_type, result)
-        return json.dumps({'result': r}, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8')
+        if self.nest_result:
+            r = {'result': r}
+        return json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8')
 
     def encode_error(self, context, errordetail):
         return json.dumps(errordetail, encoding='utf-8')

wsme/tests/test_restjson.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import decimal
 import base64
+import datetime
 
 import wsme.tests.protocol
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ except:
 
 import wsme.protocols.restjson
 from wsme.protocols.restjson import fromjson
-from wsme.utils import *
+from wsme.utils import parse_isodatetime, parse_isotime, parse_isodate
 from wsme.types import isusertype
 
 
@@ -79,8 +80,7 @@ class TestRestJson(wsme.tests.protocol.ProtocolTestCase):
             return res
 
         r = json.loads(res.body)
-        if 'result' in r:
-            r = r['result']
+        if res.status_int == 200:
             if _rt and r:
                 r = prepare_result(r, _rt)
             return r
@@ -97,4 +97,12 @@ class TestRestJson(wsme.tests.protocol.ProtocolTestCase):
 
     def test_keyargs(self):
         r = self.app.get('/argtypes/setint.json?value=2')
-        assert json.loads(r.body) == {'result': 2}
+        print r
+        assert json.loads(r.body) == 2
+
+        nestedarray = 'value[0].inner.aint=54&value[1].inner.aint=55'
+        r = self.app.get('/argtypes/setnestedarray.json?' + nestedarray)
+        print r
+        assert json.loads(r.body) == [
+            {'inner': {'aint': 54}},
+            {'inner': {'aint': 55}}]