Type error when getting a dashboard

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#920 opened on Mar 29, 2022 13 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 45/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: api

Research direction

Start by reproducing dashboards_api.get_dashboard(dashboard.get("id")) with a dashboard whose widget layout x is a float. Trace the v1 dashboard response validation for received_data.widgets[15].layout.x and verify that retrieval succeeds while preserving the float value.

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Describe the bug
When trying to retrieve a dashboard by using the call dashboards_api.get_dashboard(dashboard.get("id")), I get an error saying datadog_api_client.v1.exceptions.ApiTypeError: Invalid type for variable 'x'. Required value type is int and passed type was float at ['received_data']['widgets'][15]['layout']['x']

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Have a dashboard that has and X value that is a float and not an int
Call get_dashboard for said dashboard
See error

Expected behavior
The dashboard is returned with the float value for X

Environment and Versions (please complete the following information):

Windows 10
Python 3.10
api client v1

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