from unittest import TestCase import simplejson as json import textwrap class TestIndent(TestCase): def test_indent(self): h = [['blorpie'], ['whoops'], [], 'd-shtaeou', 'd-nthiouh', 'i-vhbjkhnth', {'nifty': 87}, {'field': 'yes', 'morefield': False} ] expect = textwrap.dedent("""\ [ \t[ \t\t"blorpie" \t], \t[ \t\t"whoops" \t], \t[], \t"d-shtaeou", \t"d-nthiouh", \t"i-vhbjkhnth", \t{ \t\t"nifty": 87 \t}, \t{ \t\t"field": "yes", \t\t"morefield": false \t} ]""") d1 = json.dumps(h) d2 = json.dumps(h, indent='\t', sort_keys=True, separators=(',', ': ')) d3 = json.dumps(h, indent=' ', sort_keys=True, separators=(',', ': ')) d4 = json.dumps(h, indent=2, sort_keys=True, separators=(',', ': ')) h1 = json.loads(d1) h2 = json.loads(d2) h3 = json.loads(d3) h4 = json.loads(d4) self.assertEquals(h1, h) self.assertEquals(h2, h) self.assertEquals(h3, h) self.assertEquals(h4, h) self.assertEquals(d3, expect.replace('\t', ' ')) self.assertEquals(d4, expect.replace('\t', ' ')) # NOTE: Python 2.4 textwrap.dedent converts tabs to spaces, # so the following is expected to fail. Python 2.4 is not a # supported platform in simplejson 2.1.0+. self.assertEquals(d2, expect)