From d52ae8566068f3ee6c21618871b345c5308890b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lowlighter <22963968+lowlighter@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:01:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Try to parse json uri encoded strings in inputs

---
 source/app/metrics/metadata.mjs | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/app/metrics/metadata.mjs b/source/app/metrics/metadata.mjs
index 0bd1ae3b..364ad4d9 100644
--- a/source/app/metrics/metadata.mjs
+++ b/source/app/metrics/metadata.mjs
@@ -146,8 +146,13 @@ metadata.plugin = async function({__plugins, name, logger}) {
                     value = JSON.parse(value)
                   }
                   catch {
-                    logger(`metrics/inputs > failed to parse json : ${value}`)
-                    value = JSON.parse(defaulted)
+                    try {
+                      value = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(value))
+                    }
+                    catch {
+                      logger(`metrics/inputs > failed to parse json : ${value}`)
+                      value = JSON.parse(defaulted)
+                    }
                   }
                   return value
                 }