fix serialization of primitives in Response (#120)

* fix serialization of primitives in Response
* remove shortcut, better to pass it properly through json_encode
* beautify release notes

docs/en/docs/release-notes.md

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ hide:
 
 - Refactor `SessionMiddleware`.
 
+## 0.11.9
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix serialization of primitives in the Response. Strip `"` by default.
+
 ## 0.11.8
 
 ### Fixed

lilya/responses.py

@@ -99,12 +99,11 @@ def transform(cls, content: Any) -> Any:
             transform_kwargs = {}
         return json_encode(content, **transform_kwargs)
 
-    def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes | str:
+    def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes | memoryview:
         """
         Makes the Response object type.
         """
-        # only handle empty string not empty bytes. Bytes are handled later
-        if content is None or content is NoReturn or content == "":
+        if content is None or content is NoReturn:
             return b""
         if isinstance(content, (bytes, memoryview)):
             return content
@@ -113,6 +112,11 @@ def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes | str:
             transform_kwargs = transform_kwargs.copy()
             if self.encoders:
                 transform_kwargs["with_encoders"] = (*self.encoders, *ENCODER_TYPES.get())
+            # strip " from stringified primitives
+            transform_kwargs.setdefault(
+                "post_transform_fn",
+                lambda x: x.strip('"') if isinstance(x, str) else x.strip(b'"'),
+            )
             content = json_encode(content, **transform_kwargs)
 
             if isinstance(content, (bytes, memoryview)):
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ def __init__(
             encoders=encoders,
         )
 
-    def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes:
+    def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes | memoryview:
         if content is NoReturn:
             return b""
         new_params = RESPONSE_TRANSFORM_KWARGS.get()
@@ -546,7 +550,8 @@ def make_response(
     headers: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
     background: Task | None = None,
     encoders: Sequence[Encoder | type[Encoder]] | None = None,
-    json_encode_extra_kwargs: dict | None = None,
+    # passing mutables as default argument is not a good style but here is no other way
+    json_encode_extra_kwargs: dict | None = {},  # noqa: B006
 ) -> Response:
     """
     Build JSON responses from a given content and

tests/test_make_response.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 from collections import deque
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from lilya.encoders import Encoder, apply_structure
-from lilya.responses import make_response
+from lilya.responses import Response, make_response
 from lilya.routing import Path
 from lilya.testclient import create_client
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ def test_attrs_custom_make_response_list():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "json_encode_kwargs", [{}, {"json_encode_fn": orjson.dumps, "post_transform_fn": orjson.loads}]
 )
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ["1", 2, 2.2, None], ids=["str", "int", "float", "none"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ["hello", 2, 2.2, None], ids=["str", "int", "float", "none"])
 def test_primitive_responses(value, json_encode_kwargs):
     def home():
         return make_response(value, status_code=201, json_encode_extra_kwargs=json_encode_kwargs)
@@ -142,6 +143,32 @@ def home():
         assert response.json() == value
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "json_encode_kwargs", [{}, {"json_encode_fn": orjson.dumps, "post_transform_fn": orjson.loads}]
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value,result",
+    [
+        ("hello", "hello"),
+        (b"hello", "hello"),
+        (2, "2"),
+        (2.2, "2.2"),
+        (None, ""),
+        (datetime.datetime(2014, 11, 10), "2014-11-10T00:00:00"),
+    ],
+    ids=["str", "bytes", "int", "float", "none", "datetime"],
+)
+def test_classic_response(value, result, json_encode_kwargs):
+    def home():
+        return make_response(value, status_code=201, response_class=Response)
+
+    with create_client(routes=[Path("/", home)]) as client:
+        response = client.get("/")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 201
+        assert response.text == result
+
+
 def test_dict_response():
     def home():
         return make_response({"message": "works"}, status_code=201)