Pass boolean value in a curl request [duplicate] - json

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My goal is to have an attribute isAdmin in my users schema that is a boolean value, defaulted to false, and can be sent a true value in a CURL request.
I started off with this in my schema:
isAdmin: {
type: Boolean,
default: false,
required: true
}
and have a working CURL request and the isAdmin returns false as expected.
API="http://localhost:4741"
URL_PATH="/sign-up"
EMAIL="a2#admin.com"
PASSWORD="test"
curl "${API}${URL_PATH}" \
--include \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"credentials": {
"email": "'"${EMAIL}"'",
"password": "'"${PASSWORD}"'",
"password_confirmation": "'"${PASSWORD}"'"
}
}'
I then tried to take the default value out:
isAdmin: {
type: Boolean,
required: true
}
..and try passing T or F in the CURL request and it's not working. The error says that isAdmin is required. Not sure what is wrong with my CURL request.
API="http://localhost:4741"
URL_PATH="/sign-up"
EMAIL="a2#admin.com"
PASSWORD="test"
ADMIN="True"
curl "${API}${URL_PATH}" \
--include \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"credentials": {
"email": "'"${EMAIL}"'",
"isAdmin": "'"${ADMIN}"'",
"password": "'"${PASSWORD}"'",
"password_confirmation": "'"${PASSWORD}"'"
}
}'
Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? And/Or how I can have a default value of false and POST a new user with a true isAdmin attribute? Thank you in advance for any advice.
Clarification: Using Mongoose and ExpressAPI.

Answer 1

Since you are enclosing the value in double quotes, it seems to be treated as a string, rather than boolean. Try this:
ADMIN=true # may be it is safer to use all lowercase for true/false
curl "${API}${URL_PATH}" \
--include \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"credentials": {
"email": "'"${EMAIL}"'",
"isAdmin": '${ADMIN}',
"password": "'"${PASSWORD}"'",
"password_confirmation": "'"${PASSWORD}"'"
}
}'