admin-bro/src/utils/param-converter/convert-param.spec.ts

import { expect } from 'chai'

import { convertParam } from './convert-param.js'

describe('module:paramConverter.convertParam', () => {
  it('should convert numeric strings to Number', () => {
    expect(convertParam('123', 'number')).to.equal(123)
  })

  it('should convert bool strings to Boolean', () => {
    /*
      This will actually evaluate any string with length > 0 to true
      Ideally, additional validation should be added to convertParam
    */
    expect(convertParam('true', 'boolean')).to.equal(true)
  })

  it('should convert datetime strings to Date', () => {
    expect(convertParam('2021-11-08', 'datetime').getTime()).to.equal(new Date('2021-11-08').getTime())
  })

  it('should leave other values unchanged', () => {
    expect(convertParam(null, 'some other type')).to.equal(null)
  })
})