2021-05-11-django-vue3-convert-datatypes-to-typed.js

const datasetDatatypePostfix = "Datatype";

const convertDatasetToTyped = (dataset) => {
   const keys = Object.keys(dataset);
   keys.forEach(function(key){
      let datatypeKey = key + datasetDatatypePostfix;
      if (datatypeKey in dataset) {
          let datatype = dataset[datatypeKey];
          switch (datatype) {
              case "String": //already string, do nothing
                  break;
              case "Number":
                  dataset[key] = Number(dataset[key])
                  break;
              case "Boolean":
                  dataset[key] = dataset[key] === 'true'
                  break;
              // TODO: Add additional datatype conversions
              default: //do nothing
          }
          delete dataset[datatypeKey];

      }
   });
   return dataset;
}