TemplateFiles object is not JSON serializable

[Rabi Mishra]

When using SessionClient we get following error for files.

2016-06-06 17:16:08.664 19003 ERROR oslo_messaging._drivers.common [req-01957d20-bf8f-4df9-9aff-bba439fe14d7 demo demo - default default] Returning exception Failed validating stack template using Heat endpoint at region "RegionOne" due to "<heat.engine.template_files.TemplateFiles object at 0x7fc1ce393390> is not JSON serializable" to caller
2016-06-06 17:16:08.666 19003 ERROR oslo_messaging._drivers.common [req-01957d20-bf8f-4df9-9aff-bba439fe14d7 demo demo - default default] ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n', ' File "/opt/stack/heat/heat/common/context.py", line 400, in wrapped\n return func(self, ctx, *args, **kwargs)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/heat/heat/engine/service.py", line 817, in create_stack\n template_id)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/heat/heat/engine/service.py", line 692, in _parse_template_and_validate_stack\n stack.validate()\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/osprofiler/profiler.py", line 147, in wrapper\n return f(*args, **kwargs)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/heat/heat/engine/stack.py", line 767, in validate\n result = res.validate()\n', ' File "/opt/stack/heat/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/remote_stack.py", line 160, in validate\n raise exception.StackValidationFailed(message=msg)\n', 'StackValidationFailed: Failed validating stack template using Heat endpoint at region "RegionOne" due to "<heat.engine.template_files.TemplateFiles object at 0x7fc1ce393390> is not JSON serializable"\n']

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/325984

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/325984
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/python-heatclient/commit/?id=3f4f3772dbfc80e86b2859d3d2bbbcd5a3971fb4
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 3f4f3772dbfc80e86b2859d3d2bbbcd5a3971fb4
Author: rabi <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Jun 6 19:37:54 2016 +0530

    Serialize files when using SessionClient

    SessionClient can not json serialize TemplateFiles object.
    We should do them explictly.

    Change-Id: Ia67562ae9a13c0975cb5c39532c0dc413d82c4c3
    Closes-Bug: #1589519

[Doug Hellmann (doug-hellmann)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/python-heatclient 1.3.0 release.