Django provides nice model serializers, but if their structure isn't exactly what you want then use this template to serialize them yourself.

django_model_serializer.py

    def serialize(self):
        obj = {}
        for field in self._meta.fields:
            value = field.value_from_object(self)
            if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
                obj[field.name] = field.value_to_string(self)
            else:
                obj[field.name] = value
        return obj