Closed Bug 1026415 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Some empty fields are present as "" rather than being absent

Categories

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Extensions, defect)

Product:
bugzilla.mozilla.org
Component:
Extensions
Version:
Production
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: gerv, Assigned: dkl)

Details

I don't know if the aim with the REST compatibility layer was to get absolute perfection or not. I guess it's OK to have new fields which are not present at all on BzAPI, like is_open, because that shouldn't break anything. But it's probably an issue if you change the behaviour of fields which BzAPI does return.

If a user doesn't have a real_name, BzAPI omits the field, but Compat returns it as "":

Compare:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/bzapi/bug/35
https://api-dev.bugzilla.mozilla.org/latest/bug/35?content-type=application/json

for the "creator" entry. 

Gerv
And sometimes the other way around. The "URL" field on a search is "" on BzAPI, and absent on Compat:

https://api-dev.bugzilla.mozilla.org/latest/bug?id=35&content-type=application/json
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/bzapi/bug?id=35?content-type=application/json

Gerv
Assignee: nobody → dkl
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
To ssh://gitolite3@git.mozilla.org/webtools/bmo/bugzilla.git
   7bcced3..c2fef44  master -> master
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Component: Extensions: BzAPI Compatibility → Extensions
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