#16235: Test client flatens POST data
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Reporter: emdonahu@… | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Milestone: | Component: Testing framework
Version: 1.3 | Severity: Normal
Keywords: test client, querydict | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 1 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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Under normal production conditions, request.POST returns a QueryDict
corresponding to the query parameters, like so:
{{{
<QueryDict: {u'my_key': [u'my_value']}>
}}}
However, when running a post request from the test client via
{{{
python manage.py test
}}}
the post data gets flattened into a single string that is unparsable by
the QueryDict, resulting in this:
{{{
<QueryDict: {u"{'my_key': ['my_value']}": [u'']}> #the whole parameter
dictionary is flattened into a string
}}}
Currently, the data dict is serialized by the smart_str function, which
only seems to be intended for encoding strings. The result is an encoded
but unformatted serialized post_data string that eventually reaches the
QueryDict constructor, but does not present a format that QueryDict
respects. If this not in fact the intended behavior, the most straight-
forward fix would seem to be urlencoding the data dict prior to
serialization. A patch representative of this suggestion is attached. For
further presentation of the issue, refer to
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6315960/djangos-querydict-bizarre-
behavior-bunches-post-dictionary-into-a-single-key].
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16235>
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