From c51bdf1221ad5015f65829e674f7c5b7a8c301be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan <djabsher@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 14:06:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Convert string to enum and string to boolean

---
 OFBButte.Api/JsonStringBooleanConverter.cs | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 OFBButte.Api/Program.cs                    |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 OFBButte.Api/JsonStringBooleanConverter.cs

diff --git a/OFBButte.Api/JsonStringBooleanConverter.cs b/OFBButte.Api/JsonStringBooleanConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cab8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OFBButte.Api/JsonStringBooleanConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+
+public class JsonStringBooleanConverter : JsonConverter<bool>
+{
+    public override bool Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        var val = reader.GetString();
+        if (val == "true")
+            return true;
+        
+        if (val == "false")
+            return false;
+        
+        throw new Exception($"Cannot convert {val} to boolean");
+    }
+
+    public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, bool value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        writer.WriteBooleanValue(value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OFBButte.Api/Program.cs b/OFBButte.Api/Program.cs
index fa0ff03..15aac7e 100644
--- a/OFBButte.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/OFBButte.Api/Program.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using OFBButte.Application.Configuration;
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ builder.Services.AddCors(options =>
     });
 });
 
+builder.Services.ConfigureHttpJsonOptions(options => {
+    options.SerializerOptions.Converters.Add(new JsonStringEnumConverter());
+    options.SerializerOptions.Converters.Add(new JsonStringBooleanConverter());
+});
+
 // App Settings
 var appSettings = builder.Configuration.GetSection("App").Get<AppSettings>();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton(appSettings);