WIP: Treat number string casting like JavaScript

pywb/warcserver/inputrequest.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import base64
 import cgi
 import json
+import math
 import sys
 
 
@@ -338,6 +339,12 @@ def _parser(json_obj, name=""):
                     data[get_key(name)] = "false"
                 elif json_obj is None:
                     data[get_key(name)] = "null"
+                elif isinstance(json_obj, float):
+                    # treat floats like JavaScript does - if it is a round number,
+                    # drop the decimals when casting to string
+                    fraction, _ = math.modf(json_obj)
+                    if fraction == 0.0:
+                        data[get_key(name)] = str(int(json_obj))
                 else:
                     data[get_key(name)] = str(json_obj)
 

pywb/warcserver/test/test_inputreq.py

@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ def test_post_extract_json(self):
 
         assert mq.append_query('http://example.com/') == 'http://example.com/?__wb_method=POST&a=b&a.2_=2&d=e&f=true&g=false&g.2_=null'
 
-        post_data = b'{"type": "event", "id": 44.0, "values": [true, false, null], "source": {"type": "component", "id": "a+b&c= d", "values": [3, 4]}}'
+        post_data = b'{"type": "event", "id": 44.0, "id2": 35.7, "values": [true, false, null], "source": {"type": "component", "id": "a+b&c= d", "values": [3, 4]}}'
         mq = MethodQueryCanonicalizer('POST', 'application/json',
                                 len(post_data), BytesIO(post_data))
 
-        assert mq.append_query('http://example.com/events') == 'http://example.com/events?__wb_method=POST&type=event&id=44.0&values=true&values.2_=false&values.3_=null&type.2_=component&id.2_=a%2Bb%26c%3D+d&values.4_=3&values.5_=4'
+        assert mq.append_query('http://example.com/events') == 'http://example.com/events?__wb_method=POST&type=event&id=44&id2=35.7&values=true&values.2_=false&values.3_=null&type.2_=component&id.2_=a%2Bb%26c%3D+d&values.4_=3&values.5_=4'
 
     def test_put_extract_method(self):
         mq = MethodQueryCanonicalizer('PUT', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',