Coerce elements to strings as fallback #264

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rgbkrk merged 1 commit from str_fallback into master

2013-09-05 19:25:59 -07:00

rgbkrk commented

2013-09-05 18:52:51 -07:00

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Returned objects from the APIs come back as ints in some cases. For example:

from twython import Twython
import random

tw = Twython(...)
followers = tw.get_followers_ids()['ids']
sample_users = random.sample(followers, 99)
user_data = tw.lookup_user(user_id=sample_users) # Will result in a type error

One workaround is to map these ahead of time:

tw.lookup_user(user_id=map(str,lonies))

This pull request just bakes it right in. We could coerce by default (which wouldn't affect strings).

Returned objects from the APIs come back as `int`s in some cases. For example: ``` python from twython import Twython import random tw = Twython(...) followers = tw.get_followers_ids()['ids'] sample_users = random.sample(followers, 99) user_data = tw.lookup_user(user_id=sample_users) # Will result in a type error ``` One workaround is to map these ahead of time: ``` python tw.lookup_user(user_id=map(str,lonies)) ``` This pull request just bakes it right in. We could coerce by default (which wouldn't affect strings).

michaelhelmick commented

2013-09-05 19:17:01 -07:00

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Why is that resulting in a type error? I'm not understanding?

rgbkrk commented

2013-09-05 19:22:52 -07:00

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A list of integers can't be joined directly into a string.

>>> ','.join([1,2,3])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, int found

A list of integers can't be joined directly into a string. ``` python >>> ','.join([1,2,3]) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, int found ```

michaelhelmick commented

2013-09-05 19:25:49 -07:00

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Ohhhh, understood! Wasn't seeing that's what was happening at first! Thanks!