flowbber.utils.types

Utilities to convert string to other data types.

Functions

• booleanize(): Convert a string to a boolean.
• autocast(): Try to convert a string to some basic data types.

flowbber.utils.types.booleanize(value)

Convert a string to a boolean.

Raises

ValueError if unable to convert.

Parameters

value (str) – String to convert.

Returns

True if value in lowercase matches “true” or “yes”; False if value in lowercase matches “false”or “no”.

Return type

bool

flowbber.utils.types.autocast(value)

Try to convert a string to some basic data types.

Parameters

value (str) – The string to try to convert.

Returns

This function will try to convert a string to a:

• datetime, if string is in ISO8601 format.
• int, if succeeds.
• float, if succeeds.
• boolean, using the booleanize() function.

If all the above fails, the source string is returned as-is.

Return type

Any of the above.