test(bigframes): compare JSON strings as dicts in tests

Author: chalmerlowe

packages/bigframes/tests/system/small/bigquery/test_json.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import json
 import geopandas as gpd  # type: ignore
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -408,7 +409,9 @@ def test_to_json_from_struct():
         dtype=dtypes.JSON_DTYPE,
     )
 
-    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(actual.to_pandas(), expected.to_pandas())
+    actual_json = [json.loads(x) for x in actual.to_pandas()]
+    expected_json = [json.loads(x) for x in expected.to_pandas()]
+    assert actual_json == expected_json
 
 
 def test_to_json_string_from_int():
@@ -428,13 +431,14 @@ def test_to_json_string_from_struct():
     assert dtypes.is_struct_like(s.dtype)
 
     actual = bbq.to_json_string(s)
-    print("DINOSAUR")
     expected = bpd.Series(
         ['{"project":"pandas","version":1}', '{"project":"numpy","version":2}'],
         dtype=dtypes.STRING_DTYPE,
     )
 
-    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(actual.to_pandas(), expected.to_pandas())
+    actual_json = [json.loads(x) for x in actual.to_pandas()]
+    expected_json = [json.loads(x) for x in expected.to_pandas()]
+    assert actual_json == expected_json
 
 
 def test_json_keys():