Data types

There are valid data types that you can use with the Meya Database.

Python Type	Database Type	Notes
`str`	`String`	`String` is returned as `unicode`.
`unicode`	`String`
`int`	`Number`	`Number` is returned as `float`. Therefore you should cast to int: `int(value)`
`float`	`Number`
`decimal.Decimal`	`Number`	`Number` is returned as `float`. Therefore you should cast to int: `decimal.Decimal(value)`
`bool`	`Boolean`
`list`	`List`	Note:* Number elements are currently returned as `decimal.Decimal`
`dict`	`Map`
`None`	`Null`

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from meya import Component
import decimal


class TestDataTypes(Component):

    def start(self):
        self.db.flow.set('str', str('abc'))
        self.db.flow.set('unicode', u'abc')
        self.db.flow.set('int', int(12))
        self.db.flow.set('float', float(12))
        self.db.flow.set('decimal.Decimal', decimal.Decimal(12))
        self.db.flow.set('bool', bool(True))
        self.db.flow.set('list', ['a', 'b', 'c', 1, 2])
        self.db.flow.set('dict', {'a': 1, 'b': True, 'c': "cool"})
        self.db.flow.set('None', None)
        
        # show the resulting data
        for key, val in self.db.flow.all().iteritems():
            print key, val
        
        return self.respond()

None None
str abc
int 12.0
float 12.0
list [u'a', u'b', u'c', Decimal('1'), Decimal('2')]
id _Rxxxxxxxxxxxx
bool True
unicode abc
decimal.Decimal 12.0
foo bar
bot_id _B9ppDRMoGlW
dict {u'a': 1.0, u'c': u'cool', u'b': True}