api: Fix encoding of strings in display settings endpoint.

* Remove unnecessary json validator for string validator.
* Update frontend to pass right validator.
* Update zulip.yaml to pass right parameter for curl request
  in openapi.
* Update python_examples to pass right paramater.

Fixes part of #18035.

static/js/settings_display.js

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export function set_up() {
     });
 
     $("#default_view").on("change", function () {
-        const data = {default_view: JSON.stringify(this.value)};
+        const data = {default_view: this.value};
         change_display_setting(data, "#display-settings-status");
     });
 
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ export function set_up() {
     });
 
     $("#user_timezone").on("change", function () {
-        const data = {timezone: JSON.stringify(this.value)};
+        const data = {timezone: this.value};
         change_display_setting(data, "#time-settings-status");
     });
     $(".emojiset_choice").on("click", function () {
-        const data = {emojiset: JSON.stringify($(this).val())};
-        const current_emojiset = JSON.stringify(page_params.emojiset);
+        const data = {emojiset: $(this).val()};
+        const current_emojiset = page_params.emojiset;
         if (current_emojiset === data.emojiset) {
             return;
         }

zerver/openapi/python_examples.py

@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ def update_display_settings(client: Client) -> None:
     # Change emoji set used for display to Google modern.
     request = {
         "left_side_userlist": True,
-        "emojiset": '"google"',
+        "emojiset": "google",
     }
     result = client.call_endpoint("settings/display", method="PATCH", request=request)
     # {code_example|end}

zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml

@@ -9636,7 +9636,7 @@ paths:
             * "text" - Plain text
           schema:
             type: string
-          example: '"google"'
+          example: "google"
         - name: demote_inactive_streams
           in: query
           description: |

zerver/tests/test_settings.py

@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class ChangeSettingsTest(ZulipTestCase):
         else:
             invalid_value = "invalid_" + setting_name
 
-        if setting_name == "default_language":
+        if setting_name not in ["demote_inactive_streams", "color_scheme"]:
             data = {setting_name: test_value}
         else:
             data = {setting_name: orjson.dumps(test_value).decode()}
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class ChangeSettingsTest(ZulipTestCase):
 
         # Test to make sure invalid settings are not accepted
         # and saved in the db.
-        if setting_name == "default_language":
+        if setting_name not in ["demote_inactive_streams", "color_scheme"]:
             data = {setting_name: invalid_value}
         else:
             data = {setting_name: orjson.dumps(invalid_value).decode()}
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class ChangeSettingsTest(ZulipTestCase):
 
     def do_change_emojiset(self, emojiset: str) -> HttpResponse:
         self.login("hamlet")
-        data = {"emojiset": orjson.dumps(emojiset).decode()}
+        data = {"emojiset": emojiset}
         result = self.client_patch("/json/settings/display", data)
         return result
 

zerver/views/user_settings.py

@@ -199,15 +199,15 @@ def update_display_settings_backend(
     translate_emoticons: Optional[bool] = REQ(json_validator=check_bool, default=None),
     default_language: Optional[str] = REQ(default=None),
     default_view: Optional[str] = REQ(
-        json_validator=check_string_in(default_view_options), default=None
+        str_validator=check_string_in(default_view_options), default=None
     ),
     left_side_userlist: Optional[bool] = REQ(json_validator=check_bool, default=None),
-    emojiset: Optional[str] = REQ(json_validator=check_string_in(emojiset_choices), default=None),
+    emojiset: Optional[str] = REQ(str_validator=check_string_in(emojiset_choices), default=None),
     demote_inactive_streams: Optional[int] = REQ(
         json_validator=check_int_in(UserProfile.DEMOTE_STREAMS_CHOICES), default=None
     ),
     timezone: Optional[str] = REQ(
-        json_validator=check_string_in(pytz.all_timezones_set), default=None
+        str_validator=check_string_in(pytz.all_timezones_set), default=None
     ),
 ) -> HttpResponse: