proxy quoted numbers in json into numbers

README.MD

Did you ever found yourself in a situation were you wanted to monitor something and pulled your hair out, because the measurements provided by the app are quoted numbers in json?

No more!

echo '"http://myupstream.app:80/monitor.json"' > upstream.json

python3 proxy-quoted-number.py

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proxy-quoted-number.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
from urllib.parse import urlparse
import json
import requests

def cast_json_quoted_numbers(obj):
    if type(obj)==type({}):
        for key, value in obj.items():
            obj[key] = cast_json_quoted_numbers(value)
        return obj
    if type(obj)==type([]):
        for i in range(0, len(obj)):
            obj[i] = cast_json_quoted_numbers(obj[i])
        return obj
    if not type(obj)==type(""):
        return obj
    if obj.isdigit():
        return int(obj)
    if obj.replace('.','',1).isdigit():
        return float(obj)

def read_upstream():
    r = requests.get(url)
    return json.loads(r.text)

class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    
    def do_GET(self):
        parsed_path = urlparse(self.path)
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-type", "application/json")
        self.end_headers()
        dictionary = read_upstream()
        cast_json_quoted_numbers(dictionary)
        self.wfile.write(json.dumps(dictionary).encode())
        return

if __name__ == '__main__':
    with open("upstream.json", "r") as file:
        url = json.load(file)
    server = HTTPServer(('localhost', 8000), RequestHandler)
    print('Starting server at http://localhost:8000')
    server.serve_forever()