From f1ef3bfd21aea04ffb2a7e5d53a2735b5385a2e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rushmore Mushambi <rushmore@surrealdb.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 14:12:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a `sql::Value::into_json()` method (#1963)

---
 lib/src/sql/value/value.rs | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs b/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs
index fc3789f5..8872a455 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ use nom::multi::separated_list0;
 use nom::multi::separated_list1;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::Value as Json;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -1020,6 +1021,14 @@ impl Value {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// Converts a `surrealdb::sq::Value` into a `serde_json::Value`
+	///
+	/// This converts certain types like `Thing` into their simpler formats
+	/// instead of the format used internally by SurrealDB.
+	pub fn into_json(self) -> Json {
+		self.into()
+	}
+
 	// -----------------------------------
 	// Simple conversion of value
 	// -----------------------------------