From 1beeab44a2a6741fc2fb6868da6f87339925a1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Davison <andrew.davison@cnrs.fr>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:54:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] try to be more robust in handling unexpected values

---
 api/data_models.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/data_models.py b/api/data_models.py
index 1e2b0b9..30ee1fb 100644
--- a/api/data_models.py
+++ b/api/data_models.py
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ def from_neo(cls, signal, down_sample_factor):
             "times_dimensionality": str(signal.t_start.units.dimensionality),
             "values_units": str(signal.units.dimensionality),
         }
-        if down_sample_factor in (None, ""):
+        try:
+            down_sample_factor = int(down_sample_factor)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
             down_sample_factor = 1
         if isinstance(signal, neo.AnalogSignal):
             data["sampling_period"] = (