Collections support

constance/codecs.py

@@ -34,14 +34,20 @@ def _as(discriminator: str, v: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
 def dumps(obj, _dumps=json.dumps, cls=JSONEncoder, default_kwargs=None, **kwargs):
     """Serialize object to json string."""
     default_kwargs = default_kwargs or {}
-    is_default_type = isinstance(obj, (str, int, bool, float, type(None)))
+    is_default_type = isinstance(obj, (list, dict, str, int, bool, float, type(None)))
     return _dumps(
         _as(DEFAULT_DISCRIMINATOR, obj) if is_default_type else obj, cls=cls, **dict(default_kwargs, **kwargs)
     )
 
 
-def loads(s, _loads=json.loads, **kwargs):
+def loads(s, _loads=json.loads, *, first_level=True, **kwargs):
     """Deserialize json string to object."""
+    if first_level:
+        return _loads(s, object_hook=object_hook, **kwargs)
+    if isinstance(s, dict) and '__type__' not in s and '__value__' not in s:
+        return {k: loads(v, first_level=False) for k, v in s.items()}
+    if isinstance(s, list):
+        return list(loads(v, first_level=False) for v in s)
     return _loads(s, object_hook=object_hook, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -54,6 +60,8 @@ def object_hook(o: dict) -> Any:
         if not codec:
             raise ValueError(f'Unsupported type: {o["__type__"]}')
         return codec[1](o['__value__'])
+    if '__type__' not in o and '__value__' not in o:
+        return o
     logger.error('Cannot deserialize object: %s', o)
     raise ValueError(f'Invalid object: {o}')
 

docs/backends.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ configuration values. By default it uses the Redis backend. To override
 the default please set the :setting:`CONSTANCE_BACKEND` setting to the appropriate
 dotted path.
 
+Configuration values are stored in JSON format and automatically serialized/deserialized
+on access.
+
 Redis
 -----
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ The supported types are:
 * ``datetime``
 * ``date``
 * ``time``
+* ``list``
+* ``dict``
 
 For example, to force a value to be handled as a string:
 

tests/settings.py

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
     ],
     # note this intentionally uses a tuple so that we can test immutable
     'email': ('django.forms.fields.EmailField',),
+    'array': ['django.forms.fields.CharField', {'widget': 'django.forms.Textarea'}],
+    'json': ['django.forms.fields.CharField', {'widget': 'django.forms.Textarea'}],
 }
 
 USE_TZ = True
@@ -68,6 +70,19 @@
     'CHOICE_VALUE': ('yes', 'select yes or no', 'yes_no_null_select'),
     'LINEBREAK_VALUE': ('Spam spam', 'eggs\neggs'),
     'EMAIL_VALUE': ('[email protected]', 'An email', 'email'),
+    'LIST_VALUE': ([1, '1', date(2019, 1, 1)], 'A list', 'array'),
+    'JSON_VALUE': (
+        {
+            'key': 'value',
+            'key2': 2,
+            'key3': [1, 2, 3],
+            'key4': {'key': 'value'},
+            'key5': date(2019, 1, 1),
+            'key6': None,
+        },
+        'A JSON object',
+        'json',
+    ),
 }
 
 DEBUG = True

tests/storage.py

@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ def test_store(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.config.TIMEDELTA_VALUE, timedelta(days=1, hours=2, minutes=3))
         self.assertEqual(self.config.CHOICE_VALUE, 'yes')
         self.assertEqual(self.config.EMAIL_VALUE, '[email protected]')
+        self.assertEqual(self.config.LIST_VALUE, [1, '1', date(2019, 1, 1)])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.config.JSON_VALUE,
+            {
+                'key': 'value',
+                'key2': 2,
+                'key3': [1, 2, 3],
+                'key4': {'key': 'value'},
+                'key5': date(2019, 1, 1),
+                'key6': None,
+            },
+        )
 
         # set values
         self.config.INT_VALUE = 100
@@ -38,6 +50,8 @@ def test_store(self):
         self.config.TIMEDELTA_VALUE = timedelta(days=2, hours=3, minutes=4)
         self.config.CHOICE_VALUE = 'no'
         self.config.EMAIL_VALUE = '[email protected]'
+        self.config.LIST_VALUE = [1, date(2020, 2, 2)]
+        self.config.JSON_VALUE = {'key': 'OK'}
 
         # read again
         self.assertEqual(self.config.INT_VALUE, 100)
@@ -51,6 +65,8 @@ def test_store(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.config.TIMEDELTA_VALUE, timedelta(days=2, hours=3, minutes=4))
         self.assertEqual(self.config.CHOICE_VALUE, 'no')
         self.assertEqual(self.config.EMAIL_VALUE, '[email protected]')
+        self.assertEqual(self.config.LIST_VALUE, [1, date(2020, 2, 2)])
+        self.assertEqual(self.config.JSON_VALUE, {'key': 'OK'})
 
     def test_nonexistent(self):
         self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, self.config, 'NON_EXISTENT')

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -30,19 +30,21 @@ def test_list(self):
             set(
                 dedent(
                     smart_str(
-                        """        BOOL_VALUE	True
-        EMAIL_VALUE	[email protected]
-        INT_VALUE	1
-        LINEBREAK_VALUE	Spam spam
-        DATE_VALUE	2010-12-24
-        TIME_VALUE	23:59:59
-        TIMEDELTA_VALUE	1 day, 2:03:00
-        STRING_VALUE	Hello world
-        CHOICE_VALUE	yes
-        DECIMAL_VALUE	0.1
-        DATETIME_VALUE	2010-08-23 11:29:24
-        FLOAT_VALUE	3.1415926536
-"""
+                        """        BOOL_VALUE\tTrue
+        EMAIL_VALUE\[email protected]
+        INT_VALUE\t1
+        LINEBREAK_VALUE\tSpam spam
+        DATE_VALUE\t2010-12-24
+        TIME_VALUE\t23:59:59
+        TIMEDELTA_VALUE\t1 day, 2:03:00
+        STRING_VALUE\tHello world
+        CHOICE_VALUE\tyes
+        DECIMAL_VALUE\t0.1
+        DATETIME_VALUE\t2010-08-23 11:29:24
+        FLOAT_VALUE\t3.1415926536
+        JSON_VALUE\t{'key': 'value', 'key2': 2, 'key3': [1, 2, 3], 'key4': {'key': 'value'}, 'key5': datetime.date(2019, 1, 1), 'key6': None}
+        LIST_VALUE\t[1, '1', datetime.date(2019, 1, 1)]
+"""  # noqa: E501
                     )
                 ).splitlines()
             ),

tests/test_codecs.py

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.boolean = True
         self.none = None
         self.timedelta = timedelta(days=1, hours=2, minutes=3)
+        self.list = [1, 2, self.date]
+        self.dict = {'key': self.date, 'key2': 1}
 
     def test_serializes_and_deserializes_default_types(self):
         self.assertEqual(dumps(self.datetime), '{"__type__": "datetime", "__value__": "2023-10-05T15:30:00"}')
@@ -37,6 +39,14 @@ def test_serializes_and_deserializes_default_types(self):
         self.assertEqual(dumps(self.boolean), '{"__type__": "default", "__value__": true}')
         self.assertEqual(dumps(self.none), '{"__type__": "default", "__value__": null}')
         self.assertEqual(dumps(self.timedelta), '{"__type__": "timedelta", "__value__": 93780.0}')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dumps(self.list),
+            '{"__type__": "default", "__value__": [1, 2, {"__type__": "date", "__value__": "2023-10-05"}]}',
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dumps(self.dict),
+            '{"__type__": "default", "__value__": {"key": {"__type__": "date", "__value__": "2023-10-05"}, "key2": 1}}',
+        )
         for t in (
             self.datetime,
             self.date,
@@ -49,6 +59,8 @@ def test_serializes_and_deserializes_default_types(self):
             self.boolean,
             self.none,
             self.timedelta,
+            self.dict,
+            self.list,
         ):
             self.assertEqual(t, loads(dumps(t)))
 
@@ -88,3 +100,14 @@ def test_register_known_type(self):
         register_type(int, 'new_custom_type', lambda o: o.value, lambda o: int(o))
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'Type with discriminator new_custom_type is already registered'):
             register_type(int, 'new_custom_type', lambda o: o.value, lambda o: int(o))
+
+    def test_nested_collections(self):
+        data = {'key': [[[[{'key': self.date}]]]]}
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dumps(data),
+            (
+                '{"__type__": "default", '
+                '"__value__": {"key": [[[[{"key": {"__type__": "date", "__value__": "2023-10-05"}}]]]]}}'
+            ),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(data, loads(dumps(data)))

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -51,5 +51,14 @@ def test_get_values(self):
                 'DECIMAL_VALUE': Decimal('0.1'),
                 'STRING_VALUE': 'Hello world',
                 'DATETIME_VALUE': datetime.datetime(2010, 8, 23, 11, 29, 24),
+                'LIST_VALUE': [1, '1', datetime.date(2019, 1, 1)],
+                'JSON_VALUE': {
+                    'key': 'value',
+                    'key2': 2,
+                    'key3': [1, 2, 3],
+                    'key4': {'key': 'value'},
+                    'key5': datetime.date(2019, 1, 1),
+                    'key6': None,
+                },
             },
         )