fix(api): correct misleading error message on empty keyValuePairs#3500
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updateQuestion() rejected an empty keyValuePairs array with the message "This form is archived and can not be modified". That message is unrelated to the actual cause and sends callers looking in the wrong place. The sibling methods updateForm() and updateOption() already report this case accurately, and updateQuestion()'s own @throws annotation documents it as "Empty keyValuePairs, will not update" too, so the string looks like a copy-paste leftover from the archived-form check further up. Only the message is changed. The exception type stays OCSBadRequestException so the HTTP status code is unaffected. Signed-off-by: Josef Behr <code@josef-behr.de> Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The problem
ApiController::updateQuestion()rejects an emptykeyValuePairsarray with:The form is not archived. The message has nothing to do with the actual cause, which sends callers looking in the wrong place.
Reproduction
Against Nextcloud 32.0.9 / Forms 5.3.3, on a form that is not archived:
Why this looks like a copy-paste leftover
logger->info()call on the line directly above already saysEmpty keyValuePairs, will not update.@throwsannotation documents this case asEmpty keyValuePairs, will not updateupdateForm()andupdateOption()both report it accuratelyScope
Only the message string changes.
There is a related inconsistency I deliberately left alone: the docblock and both sibling methods use
OCSForbiddenException(403) for this case, whileupdateQuestion()usesOCSBadRequestException(400). Aligning them would change the status code for existing clients, and 400 is arguably the more accurate one for an empty payload anyway. Happy to follow up in either direction if you have a preference.Context
Found while creating a form through the API.
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