HTTP+JSON PowerMeter: Strings not accepted

[schlimmchen]

Discussed in #1049

^{Originally posted by oszi-xx June 15, 2024}
I'm using a SHRDZM (ESP8266) to read my power meter data. Up to now it was working. After update to latest version
I got error if I'm using same settings (newer than 2024.01.04 )
[HttpPowerMeter] not a float: '69'
How can I solve the problem .

[schlimmchen]

The issue at hand is that the JSON looks like this:

{
"timestamp":"2024-06-16T07:52:40",
"32.7.0":"238.10",
"52.7.0":"238.70",
"72.7.0":"238.40",
"31.7.0":"0.00",
"51.7.0":"0.00",
"71.7.0":"1.36",
"1.7.0":"223",
"2.7.0":"0",
"1.8.0":"2877154",
"2.8.0":"41250",
"3.8.0":"51536",
"4.8.0":"499860",
"16.7.0":"223",
"uptime":"0000:20:07:15"
}

The values, which are indeed numeric, are encoded as strings. The source of this JSON is stupid and does not use JSON as expected, but we should be tolerant and handle this gracefully.

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