Merge branch 'tc-fix-project-create-500' into 'master'

Fix for creating a project through API when import_url is nil

Closes #29121

See merge request !9841

4 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/tc-fix-project-create-500.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/tc-fix-project-create-500.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b746a41eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/tc-fix-project-create-500.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fix for creating a project through API when import_url is nil
+merge_request: 9841
+author:
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb b/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
index f2a0e2e8d13..9ce13feb79a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def self.valid?(url)
+      return false unless url
+
       Addressable::URI.parse(url.strip)
 
       true
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb
index fc144a2556a..5f7abdd04fb 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb
@@ -100,4 +100,12 @@ describe Gitlab::UrlSanitizer, lib: true do
       it { expect(url_sanitizer.full_url).to eq("https://john.doe@github.com/me/project.git") }
     end
   end
+
+  describe '.valid?' do
+    it 'validates url strings' do
+      expect(described_class.valid?(nil)).to be(false)
+      expect(described_class.valid?('valid@project:url.git')).to be(true)
+      expect(described_class.valid?('123://invalid:url')).to be(false)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
index 77f79cd5bc7..b4b23617498 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
@@ -424,6 +424,14 @@ describe API::Projects, api: true  do
       expect(json_response['only_allow_merge_if_all_discussions_are_resolved']).to be_truthy
     end
 
+    it 'ignores import_url when it is nil' do
+      project = attributes_for(:project, { import_url: nil })
+
+      post api('/projects', user), project
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(201)
+    end
+
     context 'when a visibility level is restricted' do
       let(:project_param) { attributes_for(:project, visibility: 'public') }