Merge pull request #255 from VariantEffect/estelle/debugExpRequiredFieldsAreSpace

Debug #254 problem

Author: bencap

src/mavedb/view_models/experiment.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from mavedb.lib.validation import keywords
 from mavedb.lib.validation.exceptions import ValidationError
+from mavedb.lib.validation.utilities import is_null
 from mavedb.view_models import PublicationIdentifiersGetter
 from mavedb.view_models.base.base import BaseModel, validator
 from mavedb.view_models.doi_identifier import (
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ def validate_keywords(cls, v):
         keywords.validate_keywords(v)
         return v
 
+    @validator("title", "short_description", "abstract_text", "method_text")
+    def validate_field_is_non_empty(cls, v):
+        if is_null(v) or not isinstance(v, str):
+            raise ValidationError("This field is required and cannot be empty.")
+        return v.strip()
+
 
 class ExperimentCreate(ExperimentModify):
     experiment_set_urn: Optional[str]