title: How to pass a number as parameter with curl
body: <p>I'm trying to pass a number as a parameter using curl </p>
  
  <pre><code>curl -F number=10.3 http://localhost:8080/some/route
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  <p>but when I check the type of number I get string. How can I ensure that number will be a Float? </p>