Updates after code review

CHANGES

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Version 0.12
 - Added `json` keyword argument to :meth:`flask.testing.FlaskClient.open`
   (and related ``get``, ``post``, etc.), which makes it more convenient to
   send JSON requests from the test client.
+- Added ``is_json`` and ``get_json`` to :class:``flask.wrappers.Response``
+  in order to make it easier to build assertions when testing JSON responses.
 
 Version 0.11.2
 --------------

docs/testing.rst

@@ -360,24 +360,24 @@ Testing JSON APIs
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.0
 
-Flask has a great support for JSON, and is a popular choice for building REST
+Flask has great support for JSON, and is a popular choice for building REST
 APIs. Testing both JSON requests and responses using the test client is very
 convenient:
 
-    from flask import json, jsonify
+    from flask import jsonify
 
     @app.route('/api/auth')
     def auth():
-        email = request.json['email']
-        password = request.json['password']
+        email = request.get_json()['email']
+        password = request.get_json()['password']
         return jsonify(token=generate_token(email, password))
 
     with app.test_client() as c:
         email = 'john@example.com'
         password = 'secret'
-        resp = c.post('/api/auth', json={'email': email, 'password': password})
-        assert verify_token(email, resp.json['token'])
+        resp = c.post('/api/auth', json={'login': email, 'password': password})
+        assert verify_token(email, resp.get_json()['token'])
 
 Note that if the ``json`` argument is provided then the test client will put
-the JSON-serialized object in the request body, and also set the
-``Content-Type: application/json`` header.
+JSON-serialized data in the request body, and also set the
+``Content-Type: application/json`` HTTP header.

flask/wrappers.py

@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ class JSONMixin(object):
                                 'Use get_json() instead.'), stacklevel=2)
         return self.get_json()
 
-    def _get_data_for_json(req, cache):
-        getter = getattr(req, 'get_data', None)
+    def _get_data_for_json(self, cache):
+        getter = getattr(self, 'get_data', None)
         if getter is not None:
             return getter(cache=cache)
-        return req.data
+        return self.data
 
     def get_json(self, force=False, silent=False, cache=True):
         """Parses the incoming JSON request data and returns it.  By default
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ class Response(ResponseBase, JSONMixin):
     """
     default_mimetype = 'text/html'
 
-    def _get_data_for_json(req, cache):
-        # Ignore the cache flag since response doesn't support it
-        getter = getattr(req, 'get_data', None)
+    def _get_data_for_json(self, cache):
+        getter = getattr(self, 'get_data', None)
         if getter is not None:
+            # Ignore the cache flag since response doesn't support it
             return getter()
-        return req.data
+        return self.data