pythonthings
diff --git a/‎gitlab/objects.py‎
Lines changed: 5 additions & 4 deletions b/‎gitlab/objects.py‎
Lines changed: 5 additions & 4 deletions
diff --git a/‎gitlab/tests/test_gitlabobject.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 0 deletions b/‎gitlab/tests/test_gitlabobject.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 0 deletions
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@
 
 import six
 
+import gitlab
 from gitlab.exceptions import *  # noqa
 
 
 class jsonEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, obj):
-        from gitlab import Gitlab
         if isinstance(obj, GitlabObject):
-            return {k: v for k, v in obj.__dict__.iteritems()
-                    if not isinstance(v, BaseManager)}
-        elif isinstance(obj, Gitlab):
+            return {k: v for k, v in six.iteritems(obj.__dict__)
+                    if (not isinstance(v, BaseManager)
+                        and not k[0] == '_')}
+        elif isinstance(obj, gitlab.Gitlab):
             return {'url': obj._url}
         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
 
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import json
 try:
     import unittest
 except ImportError:
@@ -150,6 +151,14 @@ def setUp(self):
                          email="testuser@test.com", password="testpassword",
                          ssl_verify=True)
 
+    def test_json(self):
+        gl_object = CurrentUser(self.gl, data={"username": "testname"})
+        json_str = gl_object.json()
+        data = json.loads(json_str)
+        self.assertIn("id", data)
+        self.assertEqual(data["username"], "testname")
+        self.assertEqual(data["gitlab"]["url"], "http://localhost/api/v3")
+
     def test_list_not_implemented(self):
         self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, CurrentUser.list, self.gl)