add unit tests which show m2m creation failing for through table

djangorestframework/runtests/settings.py

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
     # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
     'djangorestframework',
+    'djangorestframework.tests',
 )
 
 # OAuth support is optional, so we only test oauth if it's installed.

djangorestframework/tests/mixins.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from djangorestframework.compat import RequestFactory
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
 from djangorestframework.mixins import CreateModelMixin
 from djangorestframework.resources import ModelResource
+from djangorestframework.tests.models import CustomUser
 
 
 class TestModelCreation(TestCase): 
@@ -53,4 +54,30 @@ class TestModelCreation(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(1, response.cleaned_content.groups.count())
         self.assertEquals('foo', response.cleaned_content.groups.all()[0].name)
         
+    def test_creation_with_m2m_relation_through(self):
+        """
+        Tests creation where the m2m relation uses a through table
+        """
+        class UserResource(ModelResource):
+            model = CustomUser
+   
+            def url(self, instance):
+                return "/customusers/%i" % instance.id
+
+        group = Group(name='foo')
+        group.save()
+
+        form_data = {'username': 'bar', 'groups': [group.id]}        
+        request = self.req.post('/groups', data=form_data)
+        cleaned_data = dict(form_data)
+        cleaned_data['groups'] = [group]
+        mixin = CreateModelMixin()
+        mixin.resource = UserResource
+        mixin.CONTENT = cleaned_data
+
+        response = mixin.post(request)
+        self.assertEquals(1, CustomUser.objects.count())
+        self.assertEquals(1, response.cleaned_content.groups.count())
+        self.assertEquals('foo', response.cleaned_content.groups.all()[0].name)        
+        
 

djangorestframework/tests/models.py

+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+ 
+class CustomUser(models.Model):
+    """
+    A custom user model, which uses a 'through' table for the foreign key
+    """
+    username = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True)
+    groups = models.ManyToManyField(
+        to=Group, blank=True, null=True, through='UserGroupMap'
+    ) 
+        
+    @models.permalink
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return ('custom_user', (), {
+            'pk': self.id
+    })        
+             
+        
+class UserGroupMap(models.Model):
+    user = models.ForeignKey(to=CustomUser)
+    group = models.ForeignKey(to=Group)      
+    
+    @models.permalink
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return ('user_group_map', (), {
+            'pk': self.id
+        })            
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djangorestframework/tests/modelviews.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.forms import ModelForm
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
 from djangorestframework.resources import ModelResource
 from djangorestframework.views import ListOrCreateModelView, InstanceModelView
+from djangorestframework.tests.models import CustomUser
 
 class GroupResource(ModelResource):
     model = Group
@@ -17,9 +18,14 @@ class UserResource(ModelResource):
     model = User
     form = UserForm
     
+class CustomUserResource(ModelResource):
+    model = CustomUser    
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^users/$', ListOrCreateModelView.as_view(resource=UserResource), name='users'),
     url(r'^users/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$', InstanceModelView.as_view(resource=UserResource)),
+    url(r'^customusers/$', ListOrCreateModelView.as_view(resource=CustomUserResource), name='customusers'),
+    url(r'^customusers/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$', InstanceModelView.as_view(resource=CustomUserResource)),
     url(r'^groups/$', ListOrCreateModelView.as_view(resource=GroupResource), name='groups'),
     url(r'^groups/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$', InstanceModelView.as_view(resource=GroupResource)),
 )
@@ -57,3 +63,24 @@ class ModelViewTests(TestCase):
         
         group = user.groups.all()[0]
         self.assertEqual('foo', group.name)
+        
+    def test_creation_with_m2m_relation_through(self):
+        """
+        Ensure that a model object with a m2m relation can be created where that
+        relation uses a through table
+        """
+        group = Group(name='foo')
+        group.save()
+        self.assertEqual(0, User.objects.count())
+
+        response = self.client.post('/customusers/', {'username': 'bar', 'groups': [group.id]})
+        
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+        self.assertEqual(1, CustomUser.objects.count())
+       
+        user = CustomUser.objects.all()[0]
+        self.assertEqual('bar', user.username)
+        self.assertEqual(1, user.groups.count())
+        
+        group = user.groups.all()[0]
+        self.assertEqual('foo', group.name)