package utils import ( "encoding/json" "errors" "fmt" "time" ) // JSONDuration is a type that allows marshalling/unmarshalling a Duration type JSONDuration struct { time.Duration } func (d JSONDuration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { return json.Marshal(d.String()) } func (d *JSONDuration) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error { var v any err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v) if err != nil { return err } switch value := v.(type) { case float64: // If the value is a number, interpret it as a number of seconds d.Duration = time.Duration(value) * time.Second return nil case string: if v == "" { return nil } var err error d.Duration, err = time.ParseDuration(value) if err != nil { return err } return nil default: return errors.New("invalid duration") } } func UnmarshalJSONFromDatabase(data interface{}, value any) error { switch v := value.(type) { case []byte: return json.Unmarshal(v, data) case string: return json.Unmarshal([]byte(v), data) default: return fmt.Errorf("unsupported type: %T", value) } }