import sqlalchemy as sa from sqlalchemy_utils import EmailType from tests import TestCase class TestEmailType(TestCase): def create_models(self): class User(self.Base): __tablename__ = 'user' id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True) email = sa.Column(EmailType) def __repr__(self): return 'User(%r)' % self.id self.User = User def test_saves_email_as_lowercased(self): user = self.User( email=u'Someone@example.com' ) self.session.add(user) self.session.commit() user = self.session.query(self.User).first() assert user.email == u'someone@example.com'