Added handling of non-json supported data types.

__init__.py

 import urllib, urllib2
 import base64
 import json
+import datetime
 
 API_ROOT = 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes'
 
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ APPLICATION_ID = ''
 MASTER_KEY = ''
 
 
+class ParseBinaryDataWrapper(str):
+    pass
+
 class ParseBase(object):
     def _executeCall(self, uri, http_verb, data=None):
         url = API_ROOT + uri
@@ -28,6 +32,13 @@ class ParseBase(object):
 
         return response_dict
 
+    def _ISO8601ToDatetime(self, date_string):
+        # TODO: verify correct handling of timezone
+        date_string = date_string[:-1] + 'UTC'
+        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%Z")
+        return date
+
+
 
 class ParseObject(ParseBase):
     def __init__(self, class_name):
@@ -51,14 +62,47 @@ class ParseObject(ParseBase):
         else:
             self._create()
 
+    def delete(self):
+        # URL: /1/classes/<className>/<objectId>
+        # HTTP Verb: DELETE
+
+        uri = '/%s/%s' % (self._class_name, self._object_id)
+
+        self._executeCall(uri, 'DELETE')
+
+        self = self.__init__(None)
+
+    def _convertToParseType(self, prop):
+        key, value = prop
+
+        if type(value) == ParseObject:
+            value = {'__type': 'Pointer',
+                    'className': value._class_name,
+                    'objectId': value._object_id}
+        elif type(value) == datetime.datetime:
+            value = {'__type': 'Date',
+                    'iso': value.isoformat()[:-3] + 'Z'} # take off the last 3 digits and add a Z
+        elif type(value) == ParseBinaryDataWrapper:
+            value = {'__type': 'Bytes',
+                    'base64': base64.b64encode(value)}
+
+        return (key, value)
+
     def _getJSONProperties(self):
-        # exclude properties that start with an underscore
-        properties = dict([(key, value) for key, value in self.__dict__.items() if key[0] != '_'])
 
-        json_properties = json.dumps(properties)
+        properties_list = self.__dict__.items()
 
-        return json_properties
+        # filter properties that start with an underscore
+        properties_list = filter(lambda prop: prop[0][0] != '_', properties_list)
+
+        #properties_list = [(key, value) for key, value in self.__dict__.items() if key[0] != '_']
+
+        properties_list = map(self._convertToParseType, properties_list)
+        
+        properties_dict = dict(properties_list)
+        json_properties = json.dumps(properties_dict)
 
+        return json_properties
 
     def _create(self):
         # URL: /1/classes/<className>
@@ -100,16 +144,33 @@ class ParseQuery(ParseBase):
 
         new_parse_obj = ParseObject(self.class_name)
         new_parse_obj._object_id = response_dict['objectId']
-        new_parse_obj._created_at = response_dict['createdAt']
-        new_parse_obj._updated_at = response_dict['updatedAt']
+        new_parse_obj._created_at = self._ISO8601ToDatetime(response_dict['createdAt'])
+        new_parse_obj._updated_at = self._ISO8601ToDatetime(response_dict['updatedAt'])
 
         del response_dict['objectId']
         del response_dict['createdAt']
         del response_dict['updatedAt']
 
+        response_dict = dict(map(self._convertFromParseType, response_dict.items()))
+
         new_parse_obj.__dict__.update(response_dict)
 
         return new_parse_obj
 
+    def _convertFromParseType(self, prop):
+        key, value = prop
+
+        if type(value) == dict and value.has_key('__type'):
+            if value['__type'] == 'Pointer':
+                value = ParseQuery(value['className']).get(value['objectId'])
+            elif value['__type'] == 'Date':
+                value = self._ISO8601ToDatetime(value['iso'])
+            elif value['__type'] == 'Bytes':
+                value = ParseBinaryDataWrapper(base64.b64decode(value['base64']))
+            else:
+                raise Exception('Invalid __type.')
+
+        return (key, value)
+