Switched JSON serialization to orjson for faster encoding and decoding.

owlbot/api/owncast_client.py

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import json
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import aiohttp
+import orjson
 from aiohttp import ContentTypeError
 from markupsafe import escape as _escape_html
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def _extract_error(text: str) -> str:
     :return: The extracted error string.
     """
     try:
-        data = json.loads(text)
+        data = orjson.loads(text)
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
         return text
     if isinstance(data, dict):
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class OwncastClient:
                 self._logger.debug("POST %s -> %d", endpoint, response.status)
                 if response.content_type == "application/json":
                     try:
-                        result = await response.json()
+                        result = await response.json(loads=orjson.loads)
                     except (ValueError, ContentTypeError):
                         text = await response.text()
                         self._logger.error(f"Invalid JSON on POST {endpoint}: {text}")
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class OwncastClient:
                     raise OwncastError(response.status, message)
                 self._logger.debug("GET %s -> %d", endpoint, response.status)
                 try:
-                    result = await response.json()
+                    result = await response.json(loads=orjson.loads)
                 except (ValueError, ContentTypeError):
                     text = await response.text()
                     self._logger.error(f"Invalid JSON on GET {endpoint}: {text}")

owlbot/builtin_modules/clips/processing.py

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ Serializes ffmpeg/ffprobe execution via semaphores.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
-import json
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import orjson
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import logging
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -230,5 +231,5 @@ class ProcessingManager:
             str(file_path),
         )
 
-        data = json.loads(stdout)
+        data = orjson.loads(stdout)
         return float(data["format"]["duration"])

owlbot/builtin_modules/emoji_wall/__init__.py

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import contextlib
-import json
 import secrets
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import emoji
+import orjson
 from aiohttp import web
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ async def _broadcast(
     :param events: The event data dicts to broadcast.
     :param logger: Logger instance from the module context.
     """
-    payload = "".join(f"data: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n" for event in events).encode()
+    payload = b"".join(b"data: " + orjson.dumps(event) + b"\n\n" for event in events)
     snapshot = list(clients)
     results = await asyncio.gather(
         *(client.write(payload) for client in snapshot),

owlbot/http_server.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Coroutine
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
+import orjson
 from aiohttp import web
 
 from . import __version__
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ class HttpServer:
     async def _handle_webhook(self, request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
         """Handle incoming webhook requests from Owncast."""
         try:
-            data = await request.json()
+            data = await request.json(loads=orjson.loads)
         except ValueError as e:
             # Invalid JSON received. This shouldn't happen
             # with legitimate Owncast webhooks.

owlbot/registries/routes.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast, overload
 
+import orjson
 from aiohttp import web
 from aiohttp.web import DynamicResource
 
@@ -608,7 +609,10 @@ class RouteDispatcher:
             if isinstance(result, web.StreamResponse):
                 return result
             if isinstance(result, dict):
-                return web.json_response(result)
+                return web.Response(
+                    body=orjson.dumps(result),
+                    content_type="application/json",
+                )
             # pragma: no branch — defensive against untyped handlers
             mod_logger.error(  # type: ignore[unreachable]
                 f"Route handler '{route_info.full_path}' returned "