Fix for adding records to dynamodb -

connectors/connector-aws/connector_aws/commands/addDynamoItem.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class AddDynamoItem:
     """Add a new record to a dynamo db table."""
 
     def __init__(
-        self, table_name: str, item_data: str
+        self, table_name: str, item_data: dict
     ):
         """
         :param table_name: The name of hte Dynamo DB table to add information to.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class AddDynamoItem:
             and a response string.
         """
         self.table_name = table_name
+        self.fix_floats(item_data)
         self.item_data = item_data
 
 
@@ -25,11 +26,18 @@ class AddDynamoItem:
         # Get the service resource.
         self.dynamodb = SimpleAuth("dynamodb", config).get_resource()
         self.table = self.dynamodb.Table(self.table_name)
-        self.item_data = json.loads(self.item_data, parse_float=Decimal)
-
 
         result = self.table.put_item(Item=self.item_data)
         if "ResponseMetadata" in result:
             del result["ResponseMetadata"]
         result_str = json.dumps(result)
         return dict(response=result_str, mimetype="application/json")
+
+    def fix_floats(self, data_dict: dict):
+        """Boto3 does not like floats.  It will not accept them.  So we
+        identify floats ahead of time and turn them into strings to avoid
+        unexpected issues for people.  DynamoDB will correctly interpret
+        the number on the other side, as it already knows the types."""
+        for key, val in data_dict.items():
+            if isinstance(val, float):
+                data_dict[key] = str(val)