Make the CombinedConfig.getVal function more tolerant of non-string values.

cliutils.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import docopt, json, osproc, posix, nre, streams, strutils, strtabs
+import docopt, json, osproc, posix, nre, streams, strtabs, unicode
 import os except sleep
+import strutils except toUpper, toLower
+
 
 type
   CombinedConfig* = object
@@ -13,7 +15,16 @@ proc getVal*(cfg: CombinedConfig, key, default: string): string =
 
   if cfg.docopt[argKey]: return $cfg.docopt[argKey]
   elif existsEnv(envKey): return getEnv(envKey)
-  elif cfg.json.hasKey(jsonKey): return cfg.json[jsonKey].getStr
+  elif cfg.json.hasKey(jsonKey):
+    let node = cfg.json[jsonKey]
+    case node.kind
+    of JString: return node.getStr
+    of JInt: return $node.getInt
+    of JFloat: return $node.getFloat
+    of JBool: return $node.getBool
+    of JNull: return ""
+    of JObject: return $node
+    of JArray: return $node
   else: return default
 
 
@@ -108,7 +119,7 @@ proc onStop(sig: cint) {.noconv.} =
 
   quit(QuitSuccess)
 
-proc daemonize*(pidfile, si, so, se: string, daemonMain: proc(): void): int =
+proc daemonize*(pidfile, si, so, se: string, daemonMain: proc(): void): Pid =
 
   if fileExists(pidfile):
     raise newException(IOError, "pidfile " & pidfile & " already exists, daemon already running?")

cliutils.nimble

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.3.1"
+version       = "0.3.5"
 author        = "Jonathan Bernard"
 description   = "Helper functions for writing command line interfaces."
 license       = "MIT"
 
 # Dependencies
 
-requires @["nim >= 0.15.3", "docopt"]
+requires @["nim >= 0.18.0", "docopt"]