From 2a09f217228611e593c58f122ddc71da7fa21a18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dgtlmoon <dgtlmoon@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:57:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update tests and api spec

---
 changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py | 6 ++++++
 docs/api-spec.yaml                  | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py
index b40e47a1b..fae2b2a13 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ def test_roundtrip_API(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
     watch['last_changed'] = 454444444444
     watch['date_created'] = 454444444444
 
+    # Exercise the new extract_lines_containing field
+    watch['extract_lines_containing'] = ['celsius', 'temperature']
+
     # HTTP PUT ( UPDATE an existing watch )
     res = client.put(
         url_for("watch", uuid=uuid),
@@ -397,6 +400,9 @@ def test_roundtrip_API(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
     assert date_created != 454444444444
     assert date_created != "454444444444"
 
+    assert res.json.get('extract_lines_containing') == ['celsius', 'temperature'], \
+        "extract_lines_containing should be persisted and returned via API"
+
 
 def test_access_denied(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
     # `config_api_token_enabled` Should be On by default
diff --git a/docs/api-spec.yaml b/docs/api-spec.yaml
index 2dd9d5555..06493b757 100644
--- a/docs/api-spec.yaml
+++ b/docs/api-spec.yaml
@@ -460,6 +460,13 @@ components:
             maxLength: 5000
           maxItems: 100
           description: Text that should NOT be present (triggers alert if found)
+        extract_lines_containing:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: string
+            maxLength: 5000
+          maxItems: 100
+          description: Keep only lines containing these substrings (plain text, case-insensitive) — simpler alternative to regex
         extract_text:
           type: array
           items: