From 1026f12334e9fe5a05a5b475b95459c4daf7eae7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: blam <ben@blam.sh>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 14:36:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: fixing a totally different way and arguably a more
 simpler way.

Signed-off-by: blam <ben@blam.sh>
---
 .../scaffolder/src/components/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx   |  4 +++-
 .../src/components/TemplatePage/TemplatePage.tsx      | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx
index 4c28caad1b..2f49f40643 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TaskPage/TaskPage.tsx
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ export const TaskPage = ({ loadingText }: TaskPageProps) => {
 
     navigate(
       generatePath(
-        `${rootLink()}/templates/:templateName?${qs.stringify({ formData })}`,
+        `${rootLink()}/templates/:templateName?${qs.stringify({
+          formData: JSON.stringify(formData),
+        })}`,
         {
           templateName: taskStream.task!.spec.metadata!.name,
         },
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplatePage/TemplatePage.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplatePage/TemplatePage.tsx
index 80fa95a3e3..d30c292053 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplatePage/TemplatePage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplatePage/TemplatePage.tsx
@@ -127,13 +127,12 @@ export const TemplatePage = ({
     const query = qs.parse(window.location.search, {
       ignoreQueryPrefix: true,
     });
-    const obj = query?.formData;
-    for (const key in obj) {
-      if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-        obj[key] = obj[key] === 'true';
-      }
+
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(query.formData as string);
+    } catch (e) {
+      return query.formData ?? {};
     }
-    return query.formData ?? {};
   });
   const handleFormReset = () => setFormState({});
   const handleChange = useCallback(