Adds function to convert config types

Config parser types are by default strings. They aren't converted.
This adds a function to do that for ints, floats, and booleans.

ui/sdk/src/hamilton_sdk/tracking/constants.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import configparser
 import logging
 import os
+from typing import Any
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -42,12 +43,33 @@ def _load_config(config_location: str) -> configparser.ConfigParser:
 
 _constant_values = globals()
 file_config = _load_config(DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION)
+
+
+def _convert_to_type(val: str) -> Any:
+    if not isinstance(val, str):  # guard
+        return val
+    if val.isdigit():
+        # convert to int
+        val = int(val)
+    elif val.lower() in {"true", "false"}:
+        # convert to bool
+        val = val.lower() == "true"
+    else:
+        try:  # check if float
+            val = float(val)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+    return val
+
+
 # loads from config file and overwrites
 if "SDK_CONSTANTS" in file_config:
     for key, val in file_config["SDK_CONSTANTS"].items():
         upper_key = key.upper()
         if upper_key not in _constant_values:
             continue
+        # convert from string to appropriate type
+        val = _convert_to_type(val)
         # overwrite value
         _constant_values[upper_key] = val
 

ui/sdk/tests/tracking/test_constants.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import configparser
+from hamilton_sdk.tracking import constants
+
+
+def test__convert_to_type():
+    # using configparser to make it more realistic
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config["SDK_CONSTANTS"] = {
+        "CAPTURE_DATA_STATISTICS": "true",
+        "MAX_LIST_LENGTH_CAPTURE": "5",
+        "MAX_DICT_LENGTH_CAPTURE": "10",
+        "SOMETHING_ELSE": "11.0",
+        "Another_thing": "1asdfasdf",
+    }
+    assert constants._convert_to_type(config["SDK_CONSTANTS"]["CAPTURE_DATA_STATISTICS"]) is True
+    assert constants._convert_to_type(config["SDK_CONSTANTS"]["MAX_LIST_LENGTH_CAPTURE"]) == 5
+    assert constants._convert_to_type(config["SDK_CONSTANTS"]["MAX_DICT_LENGTH_CAPTURE"]) == 10
+    assert constants._convert_to_type(config["SDK_CONSTANTS"]["SOMETHING_ELSE"]) == 11.0
+    assert constants._convert_to_type(config["SDK_CONSTANTS"]["Another_thing"]) == "1asdfasdf"
+    o = object()
+    assert constants._convert_to_type(o) == o