Fixed #1533 - Resolved issue with integer keys on nested choices never validating.

- Added unit test for nested `choices` argument.
- Added unit test for non-nested `choices` argument.

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 8e15345d..c0253f86 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class ChoiceField(WritableField):
             if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                 # This is an optgroup, so look inside the group for options
                 for k2, v2 in v:
-                    if value == smart_text(k2):
+                    if value == smart_text(k2) or value == k2:
                         return True
             else:
                 if value == smart_text(k) or value == k:
diff --git a/tests/test_validation.py b/tests/test_validation.py
index e13e4078..a46e38ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import generics, serializers, status
@@ -146,3 +147,42 @@ class TestMaxValueValidatorValidation(TestCase):
         response = view(request, pk=obj.pk).render()
         self.assertEqual(response.content, b'{"number_value": ["Ensure this value is less than or equal to 100."]}')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+
+class TestChoiceFieldChoicesValidate(TestCase):
+    CHOICES = [
+        (0, 'Small'),
+        (1, 'Medium'),
+        (2, 'Large'),
+    ]
+
+    CHOICES_NESTED = [
+        ('Category', (
+            (1, 'First'),
+            (2, 'Second'),
+            (3, 'Third'),
+        )),
+        (4, 'Fourth'),
+    ]
+
+    def test_choices(self):
+        """
+        Make sure a value for choices works as expected.
+        """
+        f = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=self.CHOICES)
+        value = self.CHOICES[0][0]
+        try:
+            f.validate(value)
+        except ValidationError:
+            self.fail("Value %s does not validate" % str(value))
+
+    def test_nested_choices(self):
+        """
+        Make sure a nested value for choices works as expected.
+        """
+        f = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=self.CHOICES_NESTED)
+        value = self.CHOICES_NESTED[0][1][0][0]
+        try:
+            f.validate(value)
+        except ValidationError:
+            self.fail("Value %s does not validate" % str(value))