def test_unicode_headers(self): r = HttpResponse() # If we insert a unicode value it will be converted to an ascii r['value'] = 'test value' self.assertTrue(isinstance(r['value'], str)) # An error is raised when a unicode object with non-ascii is assigned. self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, r.__setitem__, 'value', 't\xebst value') # An error is raised when a unicode object with non-ASCII format is # passed as initial mimetype or content_type. self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, HttpResponse, content_type='t\xebst value') # HttpResponse headers must be convertible to ASCII. self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, HttpResponse, content_type='t\xebst value') # The response also converts unicode keys to strings.) r['test'] = 'testing key' l = list(r.items()) l.sort() self.assertEqual(l[1], ('test', 'testing key')) # It will also raise errors for keys with non-ascii data. self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, r.__setitem__, 't\xebst key', 'value')