test JsonateField (for now < 1.9)

jsonate/fields.py

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def formfield(self, **kwargs):
         }
         defaults.update(kwargs)
         return super(JsonateField, self).formfield(**defaults)
-
-from south.modelsinspector import add_introspection_rules
-add_introspection_rules([], ["^jsonate\.fields\.JsonateField"])
+
+try:
+    from south.modelsinspector import add_introspection_rules
+    add_introspection_rules([], ["^jsonate\.fields\.JsonateField"])
+except:
+    pass

test_project/test_app/migrations/0002_mymodelwithjsonatefield.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models, migrations
+import jsonate.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('test_app', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='MyModelWithJsonateField',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
+                ('some_name', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('some_json_data', jsonate.fields.JsonateField(null=True, blank=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

test_project/test_app/models.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 from datetime import datetime, date
 from decimal import Decimal
+
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
+from jsonate.fields import JsonateField
+
 class MyModel(models.Model):
     foreign_key = models.ForeignKey(User)
     normal_field1 = models.CharField(max_length=25, default="field1")
@@ -24,3 +27,7 @@ class MyModel(models.Model):
 
     class Meta:
         jsonate_exclude = ('sensitive_field1',)
+
+class MyModelWithJsonateField(models.Model):
+    some_name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    some_json_data = JsonateField(null=True, blank=True)

test_project/test_app/tests.py

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 from os import unlink, rmdir
 from os.path import join
 from glob import glob
+import json
 import unittest
 
+from jsonate import jsonate
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-from test_app.models import MyModel
-from jsonate import jsonate
-import json
+
+from .models import MyModel, MyModelWithJsonateField
 
 def destroy_media_folder(folder):
     path = join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, folder)
@@ -42,7 +44,20 @@ def assertJsonEqual(self, obj1, obj2, *args, **kwargs):
             obj2 = json.loads(obj2)
 
         self.assertEqual(obj1, obj2, *args, **kwargs)
-
+
+    def test_jsonate_field(self):
+        some_test_dict = {"red":3, "orange":451}
+
+        MyModelWithJsonateField.objects.create(
+            some_name="test row with json data",
+            some_json_data=some_test_dict
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            MyModelWithJsonateField.objects.first().some_json_data,
+            some_test_dict
+        )
+
     def test_basic_serialization(self):
         mymodel_data = {
             u"float_field": 32.25,