restapi/client: don't use DRF parser for parsing

readthedocs/restapi/client.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import requests
 from django.conf import settings
 from requests_toolbelt.adapters import host_header_ssl
-from rest_framework.parsers import JSONParser
 from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
 from slumber import API, serialize
 
@@ -24,13 +23,10 @@
 
 class DrfJsonSerializer(serialize.JsonSerializer):
 
-    """Additional serialization help from the DRF parser/renderer."""
+    """Additional serialization help from the DRF renderer"""
 
     key = 'json-drf'
 
-    def loads(self, data):
-        return JSONParser().parse(data)
-
     def dumps(self, data):
         return JSONRenderer().render(data)
 

readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_restapi_client.py

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import (
+    absolute_import, unicode_literals)
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from readthedocs.restapi.client import DrfJsonSerializer
+
+
+class TestDrfJsonSerializer(TestCase):
+    data = {
+       'proper': 'json'
+    }
+    serialized_data = '{"proper":"json"}'
+
+    def test_serializer_loads_json(self):
+        serializer = DrfJsonSerializer()
+        data = serializer.loads(self.serialized_data)
+        self.assertDictEqual(data, self.data)
+
+    def test_serializer_dumps_json(self):
+        serializer = DrfJsonSerializer()
+        serialized_data = serializer.dumps(self.data)
+        self.assertJSONEqual(serialized_data, self.serialized_data)