odysseus-dev/odysseus · warning · HTTPException

Album name required

Error message

Album name required

What it means

HTTP 400 raised by POST /api/gallery/albums when the album name is empty after trimming. The handler strips data['name'] and rejects blank, missing, or null values before creating the GalleryAlbum row.

Source

Thrown at routes/gallery/gallery_routes.py:857

                    if first:
                        cover_url = f"/api/generated-image/{first.filename}"
                result.append({
                    "id": a.id, "name": a.name, "description": a.description or "",
                    "cover_url": cover_url, "count": count,
                    "created_at": a.created_at.isoformat() if a.created_at else None,
                })
            return {"albums": result}
        finally:
            db.close()

    @router.post("/api/gallery/albums")
    async def create_album(request: Request):
        import uuid
        user = get_current_user(request)
        data = await request.json()
        name = (data.get("name") or "").strip()
        if not name:
            raise HTTPException(400, "Album name required")
        db = SessionLocal()
        try:
            a = GalleryAlbum(
                id=str(uuid.uuid4()), name=name,
                description=data.get("description", ""),
                owner=user,
            )
            db.add(a)
            db.commit()
            return {"ok": True, "id": a.id, "name": a.name}
        finally:
            db.close()

    @router.get("/api/gallery/stats")
    async def gallery_stats(request: Request):
        user = get_current_user(request)
        db = SessionLocal()
        try:

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Solutions

1. Require non-blank input in the album-creation form.
2. Send the key as exactly "name".
3. Trim client-side and skip the request when empty.

Example fix

// before
await post('/api/gallery/albums', {title: v}); // wrong key -> 400
// after
const name = v.trim(); if (!name) return;
await post('/api/gallery/albums', {name, description: ''});

const name = (input?.value ?? '').trim();
if (!name) return showError('Album name is required');
await post('/api/gallery/albums', {name});

const isNonBlankAlbumName = (v) => typeof v === 'string' && v.trim().length > 0;

When it happens

Trigger: POST /api/gallery/albums with {}, {"name": ""}, {"name": " "}, or {"name": null}.

Common situations: Creating an album from an empty dialog; frontend sending 'title' instead of 'name'; double submits clearing the field.

Related errors

• No image provided
• Name cannot be empty
• Name too long
• Invalid angle
• Angle must be 90, -90, 180, or 270

AI-assisted analysis of odysseus-dev/odysseus@f9235ebbf1 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8596a1ba15ec3f60. Report an issue: GitHub.