Improved support for numbers

This patch improves support for big numbers. We now use json.Number to request and check responses.

api_testcase.go

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (testCase Case) breakResponseIsPresent(response api.Response) (bool, error)
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-// checkCollectResponse loops over all given collect responses and than
+// checkCollectResponse loops over all given collect responses and then
 // If this continue response is present it returns a true.
 // If no continue response is set, it also returns true to keep the testsuite running
 func (testCase *Case) checkCollectResponse(response api.Response) (int, error) {
@@ -218,8 +218,13 @@ func (testCase *Case) checkCollectResponse(response api.Response) (int, error) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return -1, fmt.Errorf("error matching check responses: %s", err)
 			}
+			// !eq && !reverse -> add
+			// !eq && reverse -> don't add
+			// eq && !reverse -> don't add
+			// eq && reverse -> add
 
-			if !responsesMatch.Equal {
+			if !responsesMatch.Equal && !testCase.ReverseTestResult ||
+				responsesMatch.Equal && testCase.ReverseTestResult {
 				leftResponses = append(leftResponses, v)
 			}
 		}
@@ -428,6 +433,11 @@ func (testCase Case) run() (successs bool, apiResponse api.Response, err error)
 				logrus.Errorf("[%s] %s", v.Key, v.Message)
 				r.SaveToReportLog(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", v.Key, v.Message))
 			}
+		} else {
+			for _, v := range responsesMatch.Failures {
+				logrus.Infof("Reverse Test Result of: [%s] %s", v.Key, v.Message)
+				r.SaveToReportLog(fmt.Sprintf("reverse test result: [%s] %s", v.Key, v.Message))
+			}
 		}
 
 		collectArray, ok := testCase.CollectResponse.(util.JsonArray)

go.mod

@@ -11,31 +11,31 @@ require (
 	github.com/moul/http2curl v1.0.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/programmfabrik/go-test-utils v0.0.0-20191114143449-b8e16b04adb1
-	github.com/programmfabrik/golib v0.0.0-20240701125551-843bc5e3be55
+	github.com/programmfabrik/golib v0.0.0-20241108131848-768316b22b7e
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.16.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4
 	github.com/tidwall/jsonc v0.3.2
 	github.com/yudai/pp v2.0.1+incompatible
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.9.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.3.18 // indirect
-	github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.2.5 // indirect
+	github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20200509203442-7bfe0ed36a21 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.6 // indirect
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2 h1:3Xi6Dw5lHF15JtdcmAHD3i1+T8plmv7BQ/nsVi
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2/go.mod h1:7gtRlve5FxPPgIgX36uWBX58OdBsSS6lUvCFb+h7KvU=
 github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.3.18 h1:FSQ3wMuphnPPGJOFhvc+cRQ2CT/rUj4cyQXkJcjOwz0=
 github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.3.18/go.mod h1:Afkq4JIeXut75taLSuI31ISJ/zeq+3jG7TunF7noreA=
+github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.2 h1:MZKd9+wblwxfQ1zd1AdrTsqVaMjMCwow3IqkCSe00KA=
+github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.2/go.mod h1:QXhvf5ldTuGqhd1SHNvvtlhhdQLks4dD0awIVhXIDTA=
 github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.2.4/go.mod h1:i54GszH55fYfBmoZXapTHN8T8tkcHfRgLyVwwqzXNcs=
 github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.2.5 h1:hqZ+wtQ+KIOV/S3bGZcIhpgYC26um2bZYP2KVGcR7VY=
 github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.2.5/go.mod h1:i54GszH55fYfBmoZXapTHN8T8tkcHfRgLyVwwqzXNcs=
+github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.2 h1:LNjzlsSjinu3bQpw9hWMY9ocB80oLOWuQqFvO6xt51U=
+github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.2/go.mod h1:i54GszH55fYfBmoZXapTHN8T8tkcHfRgLyVwwqzXNcs=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 h1:in2uUcidCuFcDKtdcBxlR0rJ1+fsokWf+uqxgUFjbI0=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3/go.mod h1:d8uq/6HKRL6CGdk+aubisF/M5GcPfT7nKyLpA0lbSSk=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.6 h1:3+PzJTKLkvgjeTbts6msPJt4DixhT4YtFNf1gtGe3zc=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.6/go.mod h1:JX1qVKqZd40hUPpAfiNTe0Sne7hdfKSbOqqmkq8GCXc=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
@@ -219,6 +225,8 @@ github.com/programmfabrik/go-test-utils v0.0.0-20191114143449-b8e16b04adb1 h1:Nb
 github.com/programmfabrik/go-test-utils v0.0.0-20191114143449-b8e16b04adb1/go.mod h1:6Tg7G+t9KYiFa0sU8PpISt9RUgIpgrEI+tXvWz3tSIU=
 github.com/programmfabrik/golib v0.0.0-20240701125551-843bc5e3be55 h1:VBYGpSvjwHSa5ARrs6uPlUOJF1+n6rFWn49+++h20IU=
 github.com/programmfabrik/golib v0.0.0-20240701125551-843bc5e3be55/go.mod h1:qb4pSUhPsZ/UfvM/MBNwKHb6W7xL85uSi4od9emNHHw=
+github.com/programmfabrik/golib v0.0.0-20241108131848-768316b22b7e h1:gxIqj0QRj5JIezZg25auRHt3A7r5sMznBo+2Z90MZs0=
+github.com/programmfabrik/golib v0.0.0-20241108131848-768316b22b7e/go.mod h1:wlGT5wyqIE9E49zkol/DF8R4g4Kn+0H3Iqn/7TO+dCs=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
@@ -260,6 +268,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2 h1:X1TuBLAMDFbaTAChgCBLu3DU3UPyELpnF2jjJ2cz/S8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2/go.mod h1:ayKnFf/c6rvx/2iiLrJUk1e6plDbT3edrFNGqEflhK0=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4 h1:uo0p8EbA09J7RQaflQ1aBRffTR7xedD2bcIVSYxLnkM=
@@ -279,6 +288,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9dec
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.0 h1:EfOIvIMZIzHdB/R/zVrikYLPPwJlfMcNczJFMs1m6sA=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.0/go.mod h1:uzxRWxtg69N339t3louHJ7+O03ezfj6PlliRlaOzY1E=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8 h1:iERMLn0/QJeHFhxSt3p6PeN9mGnvIKSpG9YYorDMnic=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8/go.mod h1:uzxRWxtg69N339t3louHJ7+O03ezfj6PlliRlaOzY1E=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
@@ -296,6 +307,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220722155217-630584e8d5aa/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.0/go.mod h1:hebNnKkNXi2UzZN1eVRvBB7co0a+JxK6XbPiWVs/3J4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 h1:ENy+Az/9Y1vSrlrvBSyna3PITt4tiZLf7sgCjZBX7Wo=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 h1:L5SG1JTTXupVV3n6sUqMTeWbjAyfPwoda2DLX8J8FrQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0/go.mod h1:+F4F4N5hv6v38hfeYwTdx20oUvLLc+QfrE9Ax9HtgRg=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
@@ -333,6 +346,7 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 h1:rmsUpXtvNzj340zd98LZ4KntptpfRHwpFOHG188oHXc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190108225652-1e06a53dbb7e/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -373,6 +387,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.9.0/go.mod h1:d48xBJpPfHeWQsugry2m+kC02ZBRGRgulfHnEXEuWns=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 h1:AQyQV4dYCvJ7vGmJyKki9+PBdyvhkSd8EIx/qb0AYv4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
+golang.org/x/net v0.30.0 h1:AcW1SDZMkb8IpzCdQUaIq2sP4sZ4zw+55h6ynffypl4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.30.0/go.mod h1:2wGyMJ5iFasEhkwi13ChkO/t1ECNC4X4eBKkVFyYFlU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -442,6 +458,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 h1:25cE3gD+tdBA7lp7QfhuV+rJiE9YXTcS3VG1SqssI/Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
@@ -460,6 +478,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
+golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 h1:gK/Kv2otX8gz+wn7Rmb3vT96ZwuoxnQlY+HlJVj7Qug=
+golang.org/x/text v0.20.0/go.mod h1:D4IsuqiFMhST5bX19pQ9ikHC2GsaKyk/oF+pn3ducp4=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=

http_server.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ func bounceJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		QueryParams: r.URL.Query(),
 	}
 	if len(bodyBytes) > 0 {
-		err = json.Unmarshal(bodyBytes, &bodyJSON)
+		err = golib.JsonUnmarshalWithNumber(bodyBytes, &bodyJSON)
 		if err != nil {
 			errorResponse(w, 500, err, errorBody)
 			return

pkg/lib/api/request.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moul/http2curl"
 	"github.com/programmfabrik/apitest/pkg/lib/datastore"
 	"github.com/programmfabrik/apitest/pkg/lib/util"
+	"github.com/programmfabrik/golib"
 )
 
 var httpClient *http.Client
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ func (request Request) buildHttpRequest() (req *http.Request, err error) {
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not marshal cookie '%s' from Datastore", storeKey)
 				}
-				err = json.Unmarshal(ckBytes, &ck)
+				err = golib.JsonUnmarshalWithNumber(ckBytes, &ck)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not unmarshal cookie '%s' from Datastore: %s", storeKey, string(ckBytes))
 				}

pkg/lib/api/response.go

@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ func (response Response) ServerResponseToGenericJSON(responseFormat ResponseForm
 	if err != nil {
 		return res, err
 	}
-	json.Unmarshal(responseBytes, &res)
+	err = golib.JsonUnmarshalWithNumber(responseBytes, &res)
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, err
+	}
 
 	return res, nil
 }
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ func (response Response) ToGenericJSON() (any, error) {
 	// We have a json, and thereby try to unmarshal it into our body
 	resBody := response.Body
 	if len(resBody) > 0 {
-		err = json.Unmarshal(resBody, &bodyJSON)
+		err = golib.JsonUnmarshalWithNumber(resBody, &bodyJSON)
 		if err != nil {
 			return res, err
 		}
@@ -350,8 +353,10 @@ func (response Response) ToGenericJSON() (any, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return res, err
 	}
-	json.Unmarshal(responseBytes, &res)
-
+	err = golib.JsonUnmarshalWithNumber(responseBytes, &res)
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, err
+	}
 	return res, nil
 }
 

pkg/lib/api/response_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestResponse_ToGenericJson(t *testing.T) {
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("responseJsonObj should have status code field")
 	}
-	if statusCode != float64(200) {
+	if statusCode != json.Number("200") {
 		t.Errorf("responseJson had wrong statuscode, expected 200, got: %d", statusCode)
 	}
 	jsonHeaders, ok := jsonObjResp["header"]

pkg/lib/compare/comparer.go

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package compare
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/programmfabrik/apitest/pkg/lib/util"
 )
@@ -24,6 +26,52 @@ func (f CompareFailure) Error() string {
 	return f.String()
 }
 
+// jsonNumberEq is comparing ints, floats or strings of the number. It fails to
+// compare different formats, 1e10 != 10000000000, although it is the same mathematical value.
+func jsonNumberEq(numberExp, numberGot json.Number) (eq bool) {
+
+	expInt, expIntErr := numberExp.Int64()
+	gotInt, gotIntErr := numberGot.Int64()
+	expFloat, expFloatErr := numberExp.Float64()
+	gotFloat, gotFloatErr := numberGot.Float64()
+
+	var cmp string
+	_ = cmp
+
+	if expIntErr == nil && gotIntErr == nil {
+		cmp = "int"
+	} else if expFloatErr == nil && gotFloatErr == nil {
+		cmp = "float"
+	} else {
+		cmp = "string"
+	}
+
+	// if any of the interpretations is out of range, we compare by string
+	for _, e := range []error{
+		expIntErr, gotIntErr, expFloatErr, gotFloatErr,
+	} {
+		if e == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(e.Error(), "range") {
+			cmp = "string"
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch cmp {
+	case "int":
+		eq = expInt == gotInt
+	case "float":
+		eq = expFloat == gotFloat
+	case "string":
+		eq = numberExp == numberGot
+	}
+
+	// golib.Pln("exp %q == got %q : %t %s", numberExp, numberGot, eq, cmp)
+	return eq
+}
+
 func JsonEqual(left, right any, control ComparisonContext) (res CompareResult, err error) {
 	//left may be nil, because we dont specify the content of the field
 	if left == nil && right == nil {
@@ -46,6 +94,38 @@ func JsonEqual(left, right any, control ComparisonContext) (res CompareResult, e
 	}
 
 	switch typedLeft := left.(type) {
+	case json.Number:
+		typedRight, ok := right.(json.Number)
+		if !ok {
+			res := CompareResult{
+				false,
+				[]CompareFailure{
+					{
+						"$",
+						fmt.Sprintf("expected json.Number, but got %T", right),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			return res, nil
+		}
+
+		if jsonNumberEq(typedLeft, typedRight) {
+			res = CompareResult{
+				Equal: true,
+			}
+		} else {
+			res = CompareResult{
+				Equal: false,
+				Failures: []CompareFailure{
+					{
+						"",
+						fmt.Sprintf("Got '%s', expected '%s'", typedRight, typedLeft),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		}
+		return res, nil
+
 	case util.JsonObject:
 		rightAsObject, ok := right.(util.JsonObject)
 		if !ok {

pkg/lib/compare/comparer_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/programmfabrik/apitest/pkg/lib/util"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 var trivialComparerTestData = []struct {
@@ -391,3 +392,28 @@ func TestTrivialJsonComparer(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJsonNumberEq(t *testing.T) {
+	if !assert.Equal(t, true, jsonNumberEq("200", "200")) {
+		return
+	}
+	if !assert.Equal(t, false, jsonNumberEq("-9223372036854775808", "-9223372036854775809")) {
+		return
+	}
+	if !assert.Equal(t, false, jsonNumberEq("-9223372036854775809", "-9223372036854775808")) {
+		return
+	}
+	if !assert.Equal(t, true, jsonNumberEq("1e10", "10000000000")) {
+		return
+	}
+	// Although this is the same value, we cannot say its equal
+	if !assert.Equal(t, true, jsonNumberEq("-9.223372036854775808e+18", "-9223372036854775808")) {
+		return
+	}
+	if !assert.Equal(t, true, jsonNumberEq("-9.223372036854775808e+18", "-9.223372036854775808e+18")) {
+		return
+	}
+	if !assert.Equal(t, false, jsonNumberEq("-9.223372036854775809e+18", "-9223372036854775809")) {
+		return
+	}
+}