Repo request using string

Question

I am using Phoenix with Ecto to query a database for a single record using a primary key. All documents / examples show use as in the Phoenix controller:

def show(conn, %{"id" => id}) do
  m = Repo.get(MyModel, id)

  ...
end

However, all parameters in Phoenix are strings, so this generates a ** (Ecto.InvalidModel) model App.MyModel failed validation when , field id had type string but type integer was expected. I worked on this in my controllers, doing something like:

def show(conn, %{"id" => id}) do
   m = String.to_integer(id) |> find_my_model_by_id

  ...
end

defp find_my_model_by_id(id) do
 Repo.get(MyModel, id)
end

The problem is that I have not seen anyone else do this type conversion. I am worried that I do not have Phoenix or Ecto configured correctly. Is there a Phoenix / Ecto convention that I lost that would automatically force my id argument to Repo.get/2to int?

Answer 1

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