Fixes as requested by Leslie on behalf of the Legal team
Upped the copyright statement from 2008 to 2009, and link to the GAE
Terms of Service instead of any custom ToS.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
"""
31. Validation
This is an experimental feature!
Each model instance has a validate() method that returns a dictionary of
validation errors in the instance's fields. This method has a side effect
of converting each field to its appropriate Python data type.
"""
from django.db import models
class Person(models.Model):
is_child = models.BooleanField()
name = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
birthdate = models.DateField()
favorite_moment = models.DateTimeField()
email = models.EmailField()
def __str__(self):
return self.name
__test__ = {'API_TESTS':"""
>>> import datetime
>>> valid_params = {
... 'is_child': True,
... 'name': 'John',
... 'birthdate': datetime.date(2000, 5, 3),
... 'favorite_moment': datetime.datetime(2002, 4, 3, 13, 23),
... 'email': 'john@example.com'
... }
>>> p = Person(**valid_params)
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, id='23'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.id
23
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, id='foo'))
>>> p.validate()
{'id': ['This value must be an integer.']}
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, id=None))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> repr(p.id)
'None'
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, is_child='t'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.is_child
True
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, is_child='f'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.is_child
False
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, is_child=True))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.is_child
True
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, is_child=False))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.is_child
False
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, is_child='foo'))
>>> p.validate()
{'is_child': ['This value must be either True or False.']}
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, name=u'Jose'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.name
u'Jose'
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, name=227))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.name
'227'
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, birthdate=datetime.date(2000, 5, 3)))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.birthdate
datetime.date(2000, 5, 3)
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, birthdate=datetime.datetime(2000, 5, 3)))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.birthdate
datetime.date(2000, 5, 3)
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, birthdate='2000-05-03'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.birthdate
datetime.date(2000, 5, 3)
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, birthdate='2000-5-3'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.birthdate
datetime.date(2000, 5, 3)
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, birthdate='foo'))
>>> p.validate()
{'birthdate': ['Enter a valid date in YYYY-MM-DD format.']}
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, favorite_moment=datetime.datetime(2002, 4, 3, 13, 23)))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.favorite_moment
datetime.datetime(2002, 4, 3, 13, 23)
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, favorite_moment=datetime.datetime(2002, 4, 3)))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.favorite_moment
datetime.datetime(2002, 4, 3, 0, 0)
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, email='john@example.com'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.email
'john@example.com'
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, email=u'john@example.com'))
>>> p.validate()
{}
>>> p.email
u'john@example.com'
>>> p = Person(**dict(valid_params, email=22))
>>> p.validate()
{'email': ['Enter a valid e-mail address.']}
# Make sure that Date and DateTime return validation errors and don't raise Python errors.
>>> Person(name='John Doe', is_child=True, email='abc@def.com').validate()
{'favorite_moment': ['This field is required.'], 'birthdate': ['This field is required.']}
"""}