Fixed #22849 -- Added Session.__str__()

django/contrib/sessions/models.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class SessionManager(models.Manager):
         return s
 
 
+@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Session(models.Model):
     """
     Django provides full support for anonymous sessions. The session
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ class Session(models.Model):
         verbose_name = _('session')
         verbose_name_plural = _('sessions')
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.session_key
+
     def get_decoded(self):
         return SessionStore().decode(self.session_data)
 

django/contrib/sessions/tests.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import patch_logger
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 from django.contrib.sessions.exceptions import InvalidSessionKey
 
@@ -310,6 +311,16 @@ class DatabaseSessionTests(SessionTestsMixin, TestCase):
 
     backend = DatabaseSession
 
+    def test_session_str(self):
+        "Session repr should be the session key."
+        self.session['x'] = 1
+        self.session.save()
+
+        session_key = self.session.session_key
+        s = Session.objects.get(session_key=session_key)
+
+        self.assertEqual(force_text(s), session_key)
+
     def test_session_get_decoded(self):
         """
         Test we can use Session.get_decoded to retrieve data stored