CREATE EXTENSION hstore_plpython2u CASCADE;
NOTICE:  installing required extension "plpython2u"
-- test hstore -> python
CREATE FUNCTION test1(val hstore) RETURNS int
LANGUAGE plpythonu
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
assert isinstance(val, dict)
plpy.info(sorted(val.items()))
return len(val)
$$;
SELECT test1('aa=>bb, cc=>NULL'::hstore);
INFO:  [('aa', 'bb'), ('cc', None)]
 test1 
-------
     2
(1 row)

-- the same with the versioned language name
CREATE FUNCTION test1n(val hstore) RETURNS int
LANGUAGE plpython2u
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
assert isinstance(val, dict)
plpy.info(sorted(val.items()))
return len(val)
$$;
SELECT test1n('aa=>bb, cc=>NULL'::hstore);
INFO:  [('aa', 'bb'), ('cc', None)]
 test1n 
--------
      2
(1 row)

-- test hstore[] -> python
CREATE FUNCTION test1arr(val hstore[]) RETURNS int
LANGUAGE plpythonu
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
assert(val == [{'aa': 'bb', 'cc': None}, {'dd': 'ee'}])
return len(val)
$$;
SELECT test1arr(array['aa=>bb, cc=>NULL'::hstore, 'dd=>ee']);
 test1arr 
----------
        2
(1 row)

-- test python -> hstore
CREATE FUNCTION test2() RETURNS hstore
LANGUAGE plpythonu
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
val = {'a': 1, 'b': 'boo', 'c': None}
return val
$$;
SELECT test2();
              test2              
---------------------------------
 "a"=>"1", "b"=>"boo", "c"=>NULL
(1 row)

-- test python -> hstore[]
CREATE FUNCTION test2arr() RETURNS hstore[]
LANGUAGE plpythonu
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
val = [{'a': 1, 'b': 'boo', 'c': None}, {'d': 2}]
return val
$$;
 SELECT test2arr();
                           test2arr                           
--------------------------------------------------------------
 {"\"a\"=>\"1\", \"b\"=>\"boo\", \"c\"=>NULL","\"d\"=>\"2\""}
(1 row)

-- test as part of prepare/execute
CREATE FUNCTION test3() RETURNS void
LANGUAGE plpythonu
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
rv = plpy.execute("SELECT 'aa=>bb, cc=>NULL'::hstore AS col1")
assert(rv[0]["col1"] == {'aa': 'bb', 'cc': None})

val = {'a': 1, 'b': 'boo', 'c': None}
plan = plpy.prepare("SELECT $1::text AS col1", ["hstore"])
rv = plpy.execute(plan, [val])
assert(rv[0]["col1"] == '"a"=>"1", "b"=>"boo", "c"=>NULL')
$$;
SELECT test3();
 test3 
-------
 
(1 row)

-- test trigger
CREATE TABLE test1 (a int, b hstore);
INSERT INTO test1 VALUES (1, 'aa=>bb, cc=>NULL');
SELECT * FROM test1;
 a |           b            
---+------------------------
 1 | "aa"=>"bb", "cc"=>NULL
(1 row)

CREATE FUNCTION test4() RETURNS trigger
LANGUAGE plpythonu
TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore
AS $$
assert(TD["new"] == {'a': 1, 'b': {'aa': 'bb', 'cc': None}})
if TD["new"]["a"] == 1:
    TD["new"]["b"] = {'a': 1, 'b': 'boo', 'c': None}

return "MODIFY"
$$;
CREATE TRIGGER test4 BEFORE UPDATE ON test1 FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE test4();
UPDATE test1 SET a = a;
SELECT * FROM test1;
 a |                b                
---+---------------------------------
 1 | "a"=>"1", "b"=>"boo", "c"=>NULL
(1 row)