Fix some typos in docs for custom serializers, and add a test for it

2 files changed, 36 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/docs/user_guide/serializers.md b/docs/user_guide/serializers.md
index 9101731..2e3621e 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide/serializers.md
+++ b/docs/user_guide/serializers.md
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ For example, a compressed pickle serializer can be built as:
 :::{admonition} Example code
 :class: toggle
 ```python
->>> import pickle, gzip
->>> from requests_cache.serialzers import SerializerPipeline, Stage
+>>> import gzip
+>>> from requests_cache import CachedSession, SerializerPipeline, Stage, pickle_serializer
 >>> compressed_serializer = SerializerPipeline([
-...     pickle,
-...     Stage(gzip, dumps='compress', loads='decompress'),
-...])
+...     pickle_serializer,
+...     Stage(dumps=gzip.compress, loads=gzip.decompress),
+... ])
 >>> session = CachedSession(serializer=compressed_serializer)
 ```
 :::
@@ -124,20 +124,20 @@ For example, a compressed pickle serializer can be built as:
 ### Text-based Serializers
 If you're using a text-based serialization format like JSON or YAML, some extra steps are needed to
 encode binary data and non-builtin types. The [cattrs](https://cattrs.readthedocs.io) library can do
-the majority of the work here, and some pre-configured converters are included for serveral common
+the majority of the work here, and some pre-configured converters are included for several common
 formats in the {py:mod}`.preconf` module.
 
 For example, a compressed JSON pipeline could be built as follows:
 :::{admonition} Example code
 :class: toggle
 ```python
->>> import json, gzip, codecs
->>> from requests_cache.serializers import SerializerPipeline, Stage, json_converter
+>>> import json, gzip
+>>> from requests_cache import CachedSession, SerializerPipeline, Stage, json_serializer, utf8_encoder
 >>> comp_json_serializer = SerializerPipeline([
-...     json_converter, # Serialize to a JSON string
-...     Stage(codecs.utf_8, dumps='encode', loads='decode'), # Encode to bytes
-...     Stage(gzip, dumps='compress', loads='decompress'), # Compress
-...])
+...     json_serializer, # Serialize to a JSON string
+...     utf8_encoder, # Encode to bytes
+...     Stage(dumps=gzip.compress, loads=gzip.decompress), # Compress
+... ])
 ```
 :::
 
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ If you want to use a different format that isn't included in {py:mod}`.preconf`,
 {py:class}`.CattrStage` as a starting point.
 ```
 
-```{note}
-If you want to convert a string representation to bytes (e.g. for compression), you must use a codec
-from {py:mod}`.codecs` (typically `codecs.utf_8`)
-```
-
 ### Additional Serialization Steps
 Some other tools that could be used as a stage in a {py:class}`.SerializerPipeline` include:
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_serializers.py b/tests/unit/test_serializers.py
index a1f5e37..a9b71be 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_serializers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_serializers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Note: Almost all serializer logic is covered by parametrized integration tests.
 # Any additional serializer-specific tests can go here.
+import gzip
 import json
 import sys
 from importlib import reload
@@ -10,7 +11,15 @@ import pytest
 from itsdangerous import Signer
 from itsdangerous.exc import BadSignature
 
-from requests_cache import CachedResponse, CachedSession, safe_pickle_serializer
+from requests_cache import (
+    CachedResponse,
+    CachedSession,
+    SerializerPipeline,
+    Stage,
+    json_serializer,
+    safe_pickle_serializer,
+    utf8_encoder,
+)
 
 
 def test_stdlib_json():
@@ -70,3 +79,17 @@ def test_cache_signing(tempfile_path):
     session = CachedSession(tempfile_path, serializer=serializer)
     with pytest.raises(BadSignature):
         session.cache.responses['key']
+
+
+def test_custom_serializer(tempfile_path):
+    serializer = SerializerPipeline(
+        [
+            json_serializer,  # Serialize to a JSON string
+            utf8_encoder,  # Encode to bytes
+            Stage(dumps=gzip.compress, loads=gzip.decompress),  # Compress
+        ]
+    )
+    session = CachedSession(tempfile_path, serializer=serializer)
+    response = CachedResponse()
+    session.cache.responses['key'] = response
+    assert session.cache.responses['key'] == response