1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 4e3c37fb4..7ee74e36c 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from youtube_dl.utils import (
     unified_strdate,
     unsmuggle_url,
     url_basename,
+    urlencode_postdata,
     xpath_with_ns,
 )
 
@@ -261,5 +262,9 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
             bam''')
         self.assertEqual(read_batch_urls(f), [u'foo', u'bar', u'baz', u'bam'])
 
+    def test_urlencode_postdata(self):
+        data = urlencode_postdata({'username': 'foo@bar.com', 'password': '1234'})
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(data, bytes))
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()