From eba33f14339a47c0ccbc14a688bc5a870b612371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dancohen <daniel_cohen2@bmc.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:44:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added serialization hook for aapiobject

---
 src/aapi/bases.py | 4 ++++
 src/aapi/job.py   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/aapi/bases.py b/src/aapi/bases.py
index b330364..8697ffa 100644
--- a/src/aapi/bases.py
+++ b/src/aapi/bases.py
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ def as_aapi_dict(self, ignore_event_type=True):
         if attrs.has(self):
             for field in attrs.fields(self.__class__):
                 value = self.__getattribute__(field.name)
+                ## API serialization hook
+                if "_aapi_serialize" in field.metadata:
+                    value = field.metadata["_aapi_serialize"](value)
+
                 aapi_repr = field.metadata.get("_aapi_repr_")
 
                 if value in [None, [], {}]:
diff --git a/src/aapi/job.py b/src/aapi/job.py
index f1378f2..154bad4 100644
--- a/src/aapi/job.py
+++ b/src/aapi/job.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Units(enum.Enum):
             Days = "Days"
 
         times: int = attrs.field(kw_only=True, default=None, metadata={
-                                 '_aapi_repr_': 'Times'})
+                                 '_aapi_repr_': 'Times', '_aapi_serialize': lambda v: str(v) if v is not None else None})
         every: str = attrs.field(kw_only=True, default=None, metadata={
                                  '_aapi_repr_': 'Every'})
         from_: From = attrs.field(kw_only=True, default=None, metadata={