From f6167b1d81a22b4b4a791e87c1b7a08d13005bc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Genson <71845777+michael-genson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:26:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add id validator for empty strings

---
 mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py
index 2d0ec633dace..5eaa0e9f12c3 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ class UnitFoodBase(MealieModel):
     description: str = ""
     extras: dict | None = {}
 
+    @field_validator("id", mode="before")
+    def convert_empty_id_to_none(cls, v):
+        # sometimes the frontend will give us an empty string instead of null, so we convert it to None,
+        # otherwise Pydantic will try to convert it to a UUID and fail
+        if not v:
+            v = None
+
+        return v
+
     @field_validator("extras", mode="before")
     def convert_extras_to_dict(cls, v):
         if isinstance(v, dict):