try:
    import simplejson as json
except ImportError:
    import json


def deserialize(cassette_string):
    return json.loads(cassette_string)


def serialize(cassette_dict):
    error_message = (
        "Does this HTTP interaction contain binary data? "
        "If so, use a different serializer (like the yaml serializer) "
        "for this request?"
    )

    try:
        return json.dumps(cassette_dict, indent=4)
    except UnicodeDecodeError as original:  # py2
        raise UnicodeDecodeError(
            original.encoding,
            b"Error serializing cassette to JSON",
            original.start,
            original.end,
            original.args[-1] + error_message
        )
    except TypeError:  # py3
        raise TypeError(error_message)
