diff --git a/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/metrics.py b/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/metrics.py
index a03301bfce9..c97f616be8a 100644
--- a/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/metrics.py
+++ b/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/metrics.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from src.queries.get_genre_metrics import get_genre_metrics
 from src.queries.get_plays_metrics import get_plays_metrics
 from flask import Flask, Blueprint
-from flask_restx import Resource, Namespace, fields, reqparse
+from flask_restx import Resource, Namespace, fields, reqparse, inputs
 from src.api.v1.helpers import make_response, success_response, to_dict, \
     parse_bool_param, parse_unix_epoch_param, abort_bad_request_param
 from .models.metrics import route_metric, app_name_metric, app_name, plays_metric, genre_metric
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def get(self):
 metrics_app_name_list_parser.add_argument('start_time', required=False, type=int)
 metrics_app_name_list_parser.add_argument('limit', required=False, type=int)
 metrics_app_name_list_parser.add_argument('offset', required=False, type=int)
-metrics_app_name_list_parser.add_argument('include_unknown', required=False, type=bool)
+metrics_app_name_list_parser.add_argument('include_unknown', required=False, type=inputs.boolean)
 
 @ns.route("/app_name", doc=False)
 class AppNameListMetrics(Resource):
diff --git a/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/tracks.py b/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/tracks.py
index 00423998c1a..2e9dd092e63 100644
--- a/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/tracks.py
+++ b/discovery-provider/src/api/v1/tracks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 import logging  # pylint: disable=C0302
 from flask import redirect
-from flask_restx import Resource, Namespace, fields, reqparse
+from flask_restx import Resource, Namespace, fields, reqparse, inputs
 from src.queries.get_tracks import get_tracks
 from src.queries.get_track_user_creator_node import get_track_user_creator_node
 from src.api.v1.helpers import abort_not_found, decode_with_abort,  \
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def get(self, track_id):
 full_track_parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
 full_track_parser.add_argument('handle')
 full_track_parser.add_argument('url_title')
-full_track_parser.add_argument('show_unlisted', type=bool)
+full_track_parser.add_argument('show_unlisted', type=inputs.boolean)
 full_track_parser.add_argument('user_id')
 
 @full_ns.route(TRACK_ROUTE)
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ def get(self, track_id):
         current_user_id = args.get("user_id")
         if current_user_id:
             current_user_id = decode_string_id(current_user_id)
-
         if args.get("show_unlisted"):
             url_title, handle = args.get("url_title"), args.get("handle")
             if not (url_title and handle):