from rest_framework.compat import StringIO import datetime from django.test import TestCase from rest_framework import serializers class UploadedFile(object): def __init__(self, file, created=None): self.file = file self.created = created or datetime.datetime.now() class UploadedFileSerializer(serializers.Serializer): file = serializers.FileField() created = serializers.DateTimeField() def restore_object(self, attrs, instance=None): if instance: instance.file = attrs['file'] instance.created = attrs['created'] return instance return UploadedFile(**attrs) class FileSerializerTests(TestCase): def test_create(self): now = datetime.datetime.now() file = StringIO('stuff') file.name = 'stuff.txt' file.size = file.len serializer = UploadedFileSerializer(data={'created': now}, files={'file': file}) uploaded_file = UploadedFile(file=file, created=now) self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid()) self.assertEquals(serializer.object.created, uploaded_file.created) self.assertEquals(serializer.object.file, uploaded_file.file) self.assertFalse(serializer.object is uploaded_file)