From ea13552f5cffa80b1cf14e85c8f527dfebae5c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Lubbock <alex.lubbock@rfi.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:09:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: encode NaN optical densities as null in JSON

---
 backend/antigenapi/views.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/antigenapi/views.py b/backend/antigenapi/views.py
index ea6cf04..9c88c6e 100644
--- a/backend/antigenapi/views.py
+++ b/backend/antigenapi/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import collections.abc
 import io
+import math
 import os
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
     FileField,
     ModelSerializer,
     PrimaryKeyRelatedField,
+    SerializerMethodField,
     StringRelatedField,
     ValidationError,
 )
@@ -283,10 +285,18 @@ def perform_create(self, serializer):  # noqa: D102
 class NestedElisaWellSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     """A serializer for elisa wells."""
 
+    optical_density = SerializerMethodField()
+
     class Meta:  # noqa: D106
         model = ElisaWell
         exclude = ("id", "plate")
 
+    def get_optical_density(self, obj):
+        """Get optical density - convert NaN to None for JSON encoding."""
+        if obj.optical_density is not None and not math.isnan(obj.optical_density):
+            return obj.optical_density
+        return None
+
 
 class ElisaPlateSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     """A serializer for elisa plates.