Enable use of ID type STRING

Author: tfeseker

frost_sta_client/dao/base.py

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def create(self, entity):
                                                                             e.response.status_code,
                                                                             error_message))
             raise e
-        entity.id = int(frost_sta_client.utils.extract_value(response.headers['location']))
+        entity.id = frost_sta_client.utils.extract_value(response.headers['location'])
         entity.service = self.service
         logging.debug('Received response: ' + str(response.status_code))
 

frost_sta_client/utils.py

@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@
 
 
 def extract_value(location):
-    return location[location.find('(')+1: location.find(')')]
-
+    try:
+        value = int(location[location.find('(')+1: location.find(')')])
+    except ValueError:
+        value = str(location[location.find('(')+2: location.find(')')-1])
+    return value
 
 def transform_entity_to_json_dict(entity):
     json_str = jsonpickle.encode(entity, unpicklable=False)