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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great. Let us know how it goes.

regards,

Lars


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Aravind Muralikrishnan <
aravindm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Lars. We will pick this up.
>
> -Aravind
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I think that is a good idea. Much appreciated if you take that on.
>>
>> best regards,
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Aravind Muralikrishnan <
>> aravindm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lars,
>>>
>>> Sample payload looks like this:
>>>
>>> {
>>>     "key0": true,
>>>     "key1": "true"
>>>     "key2": {
>>>         "name": "some name"
>>>     },
>>>     "key3": 3
>>> }
>>>
>>> key0 will be stored as boolean, key1 will be stored as string, key2 will
>>> be stored as a map, key3 will be stored as integer.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aravind
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <
>>> larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Aravind,
>>>>
>>>> you are correct. We only support string based values in the API at the
>>>> moment, which is a weakness. I think your suggestion makes sense. Could you
>>>> provide an example payload with type information the way you envision it?
>>>>
>>>> best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Lars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Aravind Muralikrishnan <
>>>> aravindm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> While trying to store *"**keyHideUnapprovedDataInAnalytics"* as
>>>>> *false* using the system settings api, we realised that it stores it
>>>>> as a String, while the DefaultAnalyticsSecurityManager when reading
>>>>> the value back tries to type cast it to a Boolean and it fails.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now, the system settings api does not expose an endpoint to
>>>>> store other data types except String.
>>>>>
>>>>> We were thinking of exposing another api all together, which can take
>>>>> a JSON as post body,
>>>>> ex: *{"keyHideUnapprovedDataInAnalytics":true}* and then store the
>>>>> values along with type information.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please suggest if there are better alternatives.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Aravind
>>>>>
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