This PR adds configuration option parseBooleanStrings, which allows parsing boolean strings. It is disabled by default so that it does not break existing projects.
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Description
class-transformeris often used in NestJS projects to parse request bodies/params. The current version transforms the string 'false' to true and requires ugly workarounds to make it work as expected, see #626, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59046629/boolean-parameter-in-request-body-is-always-true-in-nestjs-api an the other linked issues.This PR adds configuration option
parseBooleanStrings, which allows parsing boolean strings. It is disabled by default so that it does not break existing projects.Checklist
Update index.md)develop)npm run prettier:checkpassesnpm run lint:checkpassesFixes
fixes #626 fixes #2170 fixes #306