Merge pull request #154 from controlm/Added-AAPIObject-Serialization-Hook

Added serialization hook for aapiobject

Author: Danic700

src/aapi/bases.py

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ def as_aapi_dict(self, ignore_event_type=True):
         if attrs.has(self):
             for field in attrs.fields(self.__class__):
                 value = self.__getattribute__(field.name)
+                ## API serialization hook
+                if "_aapi_serialize" in field.metadata:
+                    value = field.metadata["_aapi_serialize"](value)
+
                 aapi_repr = field.metadata.get("_aapi_repr_")
 
                 if value in [None, [], {}]:

src/aapi/job.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Units(enum.Enum):
             Days = "Days"
 
         times: int = attrs.field(kw_only=True, default=None, metadata={
-                                 '_aapi_repr_': 'Times'})
+                                 '_aapi_repr_': 'Times', '_aapi_serialize': lambda v: str(v) if v is not None else None})
         every: str = attrs.field(kw_only=True, default=None, metadata={
                                  '_aapi_repr_': 'Every'})
         from_: From = attrs.field(kw_only=True, default=None, metadata={