From 537313a765cc00f3b7b260096fea6b1854dfc3d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Ollagnier <56002070+lollagnier@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:06:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] On event, cast 'new' and 'old' field into a string

Because, many events use theses fields and they use many differents formats.

* ConnectivityChanged, old and new are boolean
* ToolChange, old and new are integer (tool's index)
* ZChange, old and new are float
---
 octoprint_influxdb/__init__.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/octoprint_influxdb/__init__.py b/octoprint_influxdb/__init__.py
index c236793..6d996f0 100644
--- a/octoprint_influxdb/__init__.py
+++ b/octoprint_influxdb/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
 	ALLOWED_TYPES = (unicode,) + ALLOWED_TYPES
 
+
+# On events cast theses fields with the function in value
+EVENT_CAST_FIELDS = {
+	'new': str,
+	'old': str
+}
+
 # host methods
 HOST_NODE = "node"
 HOST_FQDN = "fqdn"
@@ -268,6 +275,10 @@ def on_event(self, event, payload):
 
 		if not payload:
 			payload = {}
+
+		for field in payload:
+			if field in EVENT_CAST_FIELDS:
+				payload[field] = EVENT_CAST_FIELDS[field](payload[field])
 		self.influx_emit('events', payload, extra_tags={'type': event})
 
 		# state changes happen on events, so...