From ad46a10ce6700381163d9bc693fc7a5215358dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SergeantPanda <chester.cullen@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:04:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Bug Fix: Uploading a local M3U file with no expiration date
 set sending the string `"null"` as the `exp_date` field in the `FormData`
 request, causing a 400 validation error from the API. Null/undefined values
 are now skipped when building the `FormData` body, matching the behaviour
 already present in the update path.

---
 CHANGELOG.md        | 1 +
 frontend/src/api.js | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 658fbfee..d91965c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed uploading a local M3U file with no expiration date set sending the string `"null"` as the `exp_date` field in the `FormData` request, causing a 400 validation error from the API. Null/undefined values are now skipped when building the `FormData` body, matching the behaviour already present in the update path.
 - Fixed `PATCH /api/channels/channels/edit/bulk/` returning a 500 error when the request body included a `streams` list. The bulk edit handler was iterating `validated_data` directly and calling `setattr(channel, "streams", value)`, which Django prohibits on ManyToMany fields. Also added an `@extend_schema` decorator so the Swagger UI correctly documents the endpoint as accepting a JSON array and shows the `streams` field. (Fixes #883)
 - Fixed several incorrect or incomplete OpenAPI (`@extend_schema`) schemas across the API:
   - `POST /api/epg/import/` — request body was undocumented; now correctly shows the `id` field. Description updated from "import" to "refresh" to match frontend and backend terminology.
diff --git a/frontend/src/api.js b/frontend/src/api.js
index 0e1ae8f9..79d6c435 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api.js
@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ export default class API {
       if (values.file) {
         body = new FormData();
         for (const prop in values) {
+          if (values[prop] === null || values[prop] === undefined) continue;
           body.append(prop, values[prop]);
         }
       } else {
@@ -2050,9 +2051,7 @@ export default class API {
 
   static async getAvailablePlugins() {
     try {
-      const response = await request(
-        `${host}/api/plugins/repos/available/`
-      );
+      const response = await request(`${host}/api/plugins/repos/available/`);
       return response.plugins || [];
     } catch (e) {
       errorNotification('Failed to retrieve available plugins', e);