Summary
Hi Community!
I have a streamlit-ace editor in my code for json format. The input for this editor is a list of dictionaries, but when a user makes any changes, it converts to a string. I want it back as a list of dictionaries
Steps to reproduce
Code snippet:
content = st_ace(value=json.dumps(st.session_state.json_, indent=2), language="json", theme="clouds_midnight")
print(type(content), type(st.session_state.json_))
Expected behavior:
I want to receive it back as a list of dictionaries - [{},{},{}], instead I get “[”{},{},{}“]”
The bad part is, inside my json there are other string values, so this list becomes a list of 4 elements, maybe 5…
Like, one string is -
{
“expectation_type”: “expect_column_values_to_be_in_set”,
“meta”: {},
“kwargs”: {
“value_set”: [
“41,-70”,
“42
second string is -
-70”,
“42
third string is -
-71”,
“42,-70”,
“42,-71”,
“42,-72”,
“42,-73”,
"43
Actual behavior:
Before making any changes, type for st.session_state.json_ is <class ‘list’>, after running and saving editor content, it’s string.
I just need it back as the format it was in.
Is there any way to do that?
Thanks in advance!