Adding tests for indexing strings via bulk helpers

elasticsearch/helpers/__init__.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def expand_action(data):
     """
     # when given a string, assume user wants to index raw json
     if isinstance(data, string_types):
-        return '{"index": {}}', data
+        return '{"index":{}}', data
 
     # make sure we don't alter the action
     data = data.copy()

test_elasticsearch/test_helpers.py

@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ class TestChunkActions(TestCase):
 
     def test_chunks_are_chopped_by_chunk_size(self):
         self.assertEquals(10, len(list(helpers._chunk_actions(self.actions, 10, 99999999, JSONSerializer()))))
+
+class TestExpandActions(TestCase):
+    def test_string_actions_are_marked_as_simple_inserts(self):
+        self.assertEquals(('{"index":{}}', "whatever"), helpers.expand_action('whatever'))