js/app/src/api_docs/utils.ts

// eslint-disable-next-line complexity
export function represent_value(
	value: string,
	type: string | undefined,
	lang: "js" | "py" | null = null
): string | null | number | boolean | Record<string, unknown> {
	if (type === undefined) {
		return lang === "py" ? "None" : null;
	}
	if (type === "string" || type === "str" || type == "filepath") {
		return lang === null ? value : '"' + value + '"';
	} else if (type === "number") {
		return lang === null ? parseFloat(value) : value;
	} else if (type === "boolean" || type == "bool") {
		if (lang === "py") {
			value = String(value);
			return value === "true" ? "True" : "False";
		} else if (lang === "js") {
			return value;
		}
		return value === "true";
	} else if (type === "List[str]") {
		value = JSON.stringify(value);
		return value;
	} else if (type.startsWith("Literal['")) {
		// a literal of strings
		return '"' + value + '"';
	}
	// assume object type
	if (lang === null) {
		return value === "" ? null : JSON.parse(value);
	} else if (typeof value === "string") {
		if (value === "") {
			return lang === "py" ? "None" : "null";
		}
		return value;
	}
	return JSON.stringify(value);
}