Let apply_patch to handle patch as JSON-encoded string.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index b195064..82a3e34 100755
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ import jsonpatch
 
 class ApplyPatchTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def test_apply_patch_from_string(self):
+        obj = {'foo': 'bar'}
+        patch = '[{"add": "/baz", "value": "qux"}]'
+        res = jsonpatch.apply_patch(obj, patch)
+        self.assertTrue(obj is not res)
+        self.assertTrue('baz' in res)
+        self.assertEqual(res['baz'], 'qux')
+
     def test_apply_patch_to_copy(self):
         obj = {'foo': 'bar'}
         res = jsonpatch.apply_patch(obj, [{'add': '/baz', 'value': 'qux'}])