From 8de0c00741631deb2748dc999e17d7ebc92707cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shyam D <shyamd@lbl.gov>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:39:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ensure enums saved as values

---
 emmet-core/emmet/core/provenance.py      | 3 +++
 emmet-core/emmet/core/symmetry.py        | 3 +++
 emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/task.py       | 3 +++
 emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/validation.py | 1 +
 emmet-core/emmet/core/xas.py             | 3 +++
 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/emmet-core/emmet/core/provenance.py b/emmet-core/emmet/core/provenance.py
index 0a95751673..db364a0b42 100644
--- a/emmet-core/emmet/core/provenance.py
+++ b/emmet-core/emmet/core/provenance.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ class Provenance(PropertyDoc):
         description="List of history nodes specifying the transformations or orignation of this material",
     )
 
+    class Config:
+        use_enum_values = True
+
     @validator("authors")
     def remove_duplicate_authors(cls, authors):
         authors_dict = {entry.name.lower(): entry for entry in authors}
diff --git a/emmet-core/emmet/core/symmetry.py b/emmet-core/emmet/core/symmetry.py
index e556fc9f80..a09f47620a 100644
--- a/emmet-core/emmet/core/symmetry.py
+++ b/emmet-core/emmet/core/symmetry.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class SymmetryData(BaseModel):
 
     version: str = Field(None, title="SPGLib version")
 
+    class Config:
+        use_enum_values = True
+
     @classmethod
     def from_structure(cls, structure: Structure) -> "SymmetryData":
         symprec = SETTINGS.SYMPREC
diff --git a/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/task.py b/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/task.py
index 2c140596b5..ce2dacf669 100644
--- a/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/task.py
+++ b/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/task.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class TaskDocument(StructureMetadata):
         None, description="List of sandboxes this task document is allowed in"
     )
 
+    class Config:
+        use_enum_values = True
+
     @property
     def run_type(self) -> RunType:
         return run_type(self.input.parameters)
diff --git a/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/validation.py b/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/validation.py
index 1ac7374749..3c4f6f6cdf 100644
--- a/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/validation.py
+++ b/emmet-core/emmet/core/vasp/validation.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ValidationDoc(BaseModel):
 
     class Config:
         extra = "allow"
+        use_enum_values = True
 
     @classmethod
     def from_task_doc(
diff --git a/emmet-core/emmet/core/xas.py b/emmet-core/emmet/core/xas.py
index 984851ad26..4f875c7504 100644
--- a/emmet-core/emmet/core/xas.py
+++ b/emmet-core/emmet/core/xas.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class XASDoc(SpectrumDoc):
         ..., title="Absorption Edge", description="The interaction edge for XAS"
     )
 
+    class Config:
+        use_enum_values = True
+
     @classmethod
     def from_spectrum(
         cls,