We can now use @unittests.skip

djangorestframework/compat.py

@@ -432,3 +432,32 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     yaml = None
 
+import unittest
+try:
+    import unittest.skip
+except ImportError: # python < 2.7
+    from unittest import TestCase
+    import functools 
+
+    class SkipTest(Exception):
+        # Pasted from py27/lib/unittest/case.py
+        pass
+   
+   def skip(reason):
+        # Pasted from py27/lib/unittest/case.py
+         """
+         Unconditionally skip a test.
+         """
+         def decorator(test_item):
+             if not (isinstance(test_item, type) and issubclass(test_item, TestCase)):
+                 @functools.wraps(test_item)
+                 def skip_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+                     raise SkipTest(reason)
+                 test_item = skip_wrapper
+     
+             test_item.__unittest_skip__ = True
+             test_item.__unittest_skip_why__ = reason
+             return test_item
+         return decorator
+     
+    unittest.skip = skip

djangorestframework/tests/content.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import TestCase, Client
 from djangorestframework import status
 from djangorestframework.authentication import UserLoggedInAuthentication
-from djangorestframework.compat import RequestFactory
+from djangorestframework.compat import RequestFactory, unittest
 from djangorestframework.mixins import RequestMixin
 from djangorestframework.parsers import FormParser, MultiPartParser, \
     PlainTextParser, JSONParser
@@ -114,21 +114,22 @@ class TestContentParsing(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(view.DATA.items(), form_data.items())
         self.assertEqual(view.request.POST.items(), form_data.items())
 
-    # def test_accessing_post_after_data_for_json(self):
-    #     """Ensures request.POST can be accessed after request.DATA in json request"""
-    #     from django.utils import simplejson as json
+    @unittest.skip('This test was disabled some time ago for some reason')
+    def test_accessing_post_after_data_for_json(self):
+        """Ensures request.POST can be accessed after request.DATA in json request"""
+        from django.utils import simplejson as json
 
-    #     data = {'qwerty': 'uiop'}
-    #     content = json.dumps(data)
-    #     content_type = 'application/json'
+        data = {'qwerty': 'uiop'}
+        content = json.dumps(data)
+        content_type = 'application/json'
 
-    #     view = RequestMixin()
-    #     view.parsers = (JSONParser,)
+        view = RequestMixin()
+        view.parsers = (JSONParser,)
 
-    #     view.request = self.req.post('/', content, content_type=content_type)
+        view.request = self.req.post('/', content, content_type=content_type)
 
-    #     self.assertEqual(view.DATA.items(), data.items())
-    #     self.assertEqual(view.request.POST.items(), [])
+        self.assertEqual(view.DATA.items(), data.items())
+        self.assertEqual(view.request.POST.items(), [])
 
     def test_accessing_post_after_data_for_overloaded_json(self):
         """Ensures request.POST can be accessed after request.DATA in overloaded json request"""