does json option support all json values?

[samzilverberg]

I was trying to use GOT (latest) to write some "niche" tests that send some json that probably only people trying to break your server would use.

values such as: true, false, null, "123", 1, [1,2,3].

But noticed that GOT only supports Record<string, any>.

got/source/core/options.ts

Lines 1356 to 1365 in d95ceea

	set json(value: Record<string, any> | undefined) {
	assert.any([is.object, is.undefined], value);
	if (value !== undefined) {
	assert.undefined(this._internals.body);
	assert.undefined(this._internals.form);
	}
	this._internals.json = value;
	}

Shouldn't it support all valid json values?
Is there a way to use GOT to send these "niche" json values?

side note: I'm not sure how the array is supported, I can only imagine that there is some conversion between Record and array...

[sindresorhus]

this was probably fixed at some point, the json option already supports all valid JSON values! the type is unknown, not Record<string, any>.

you can send primitives like this:

await got.post('https://example.com', {
	json: true
});

await got.post('https://example.com', {
	json: 'hello'
});

await got.post('https://example.com', {
	json: [1, 2, 3]
});