def write_json(self, chunk, code=None, headers=None):
        """A convenient method that binds `chunk`, `code`, `headers` together

        chunk could be any type of (str, dict, list)
        """
        assert chunk is not None, 'None cound not be written in write_json'
        self.set_header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8")
        if isinstance(chunk, dict) or isinstance(chunk, list):
            chunk = self.json_encode(chunk)

        # convert chunk to utf8 before `RequestHandler.write()`
        # so that if any error occurs, we can catch and log it
        try:
            chunk = utf8(chunk)
        except Exception:
            app_log.error('chunk encoding error, repr: %s' % repr(chunk))
            raise_exc_info(sys.exc_info())

        self.write(chunk)

        if code:
            self.set_status(code)

        if headers:
            for k, v in headers.items():
                self.set_header(k, v)
A convenient method that binds `chunk`, `code`, `headers` together

        chunk could be any type of (str, dict, list)