from ast import literal_eval
def get_type(input_data):
try:
return type(literal_eval(input_data))
except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
# A string, so return str
return str
print(get_type("1")) # <class 'int'>
print(get_type("1.2354")) # <class 'float'>
print(get_type("True")) # <class 'bool'>
print(get_type("abcd")) # <class 'str'>