pyTest testCheckFilePropertiesAsJson: windows fix to remove the offending characters of json to load

Clement Champetier · Clement Champetier · commit 14cc5e0f3b25 · 2015-12-04T13:41:46.000+01:00
diff --git a/test/pyTest/testProperties.py b/test/pyTest/testProperties.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def testCheckFilePropertiesAsJson():
     inputFile = av.InputFile( inputFileName )
 
     import json
-    # throw exception if it is not a valid JSON
-    json.loads(inputFile.getProperties().allPropertiesAsJson())
-
-
+    propertiesAsJson = inputFile.getProperties().allPropertiesAsJson()
+    # json.loads method throws a ValueError if it is not a valid JSON.
+    # Windows fix: remove the offending characters because of the absolute path to filename.
+    json.loads(propertiesAsJson.replace('\\','\\\\'))
