"""
    Provides a django form field to handle a signature capture field with
    with jSignature jQuery plugin
"""
import json
from django.forms.fields import Field
from django.core import validators
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from .widgets import JSignatureWidget

class JSignatureField(Field):
    """
    A field handling a signature capture field with with jSignature
    """
    widget = JSignatureWidget()

    def to_python(self, value):
            """
            Validates that the input can be red as a JSON object. Returns a Python
            datetime.date object.
            """
            if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
                return None
            try:
                return json.loads(value)
            except ValueError:
                raise ValidationError('Invalid JSON format.')