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diff --git a/gn_auth/json_encoders_decoders.py b/gn_auth/json_encoders_decoders.py
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+"""Custom json encoders for various purposes."""
+import json
+from uuid import UUID
+from datetime import datetime
+
+__ENCODERS__ = {
+    UUID: lambda obj: {"__type": "UUID", "__value": str(obj)},
+    datetime: lambda obj: {"__type": "DATETIME", "__value": obj.isoformat()}
+}
+
+class CustomJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    """
+    A custom JSON encoder to handle cases where the default encoder fails.
+    """
+    def default(self, obj):# pylint: disable=[arguments-renamed]
+        """Return a serializable object for `obj`."""
+        if type(obj) in __ENCODERS__:
+            return __ENCODERS__[type(obj)](obj)
+        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
+
+
+__DECODERS__ = {
+    "UUID": UUID,
+    "DATETIME": datetime.fromisoformat
+}
+
+def custom_json_decoder(obj_dict):
+    """Decode custom types"""
+    if "__type" in obj_dict:
+        return __DECODERS__[obj_dict["__type"]](obj_dict["__value"])
+    return obj_dict