Strip \u0000 unicode character when submitting notices

berkmancenter · May 13, 2022 · d819ed9 · d819ed9
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/). It uses [CalVer](https://calver.org/) as of May 2019.
 
+## [22.05b](https://github.com/berkmancenter/lumendatabase/releases/tag/2022.05b) - 2022-05-13
+### Fixed
+* Started stripping `\u0000` unicode characters when submitting new notices. PostgreSQL doesn't like it.
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 ## [22.05a](https://github.com/berkmancenter/lumendatabase/releases/tag/2022.05a) - 2022-05-13
 ### Changed
 * Stopped using the `infringing_urls`, `copyrighted_url` and `works` database tables. Moved to `jsonb` fields in the `notices` table.

diff --git a/app/models/notice.rb b/app/models/notice.rb
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@ def prep_work_json(work)
       json[:description_original] = work.description_original
     end
 
-    json
+    # FIXME Find a way to do this in the middleware to avoid Hash <> JSON conversion
+    JSON.parse(json.to_json.gsub(/\\u0000/, ''))
   end
 
   def prep_url_json(url_instance)