Merge pull request #24 from janrain/topic/type-checking

Topic/type checking

Author: ebeesonjanrain

janrain/capture/api.py

@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ def api_encode(value):
     Returns:
         The value encoded for the Janrain API.
     """
-    if type(value) in (dict, list):
+    if isinstance(value, (dict, list, tuple)):
         return to_json(value).encode('utf-8')
-    if type(value) == bool:
-        return str(value).lower().encode('utf-8')
+    if value is True:
+        return 'true'
+    if value is False:
+        return 'false'
     try:
         if isinstance(value, basestring):
             return value.encode('utf-8')

janrain/capture/test/test_errors.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         })
 
     def test_api_response_error(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ApiResponseError):
+        with self.assertRaises(HTTPError):
             self.api.call('/foobar')
 
         with self.assertRaises(ApiResponseError):