"Time between check" field is now validated correctly (requires atleast one of the weeks days hours minutes seconds to be set)

changedetectionio/api/Watch.py

@@ -14,6 +14,39 @@ import copy
 from . import schema, schema_create_watch, schema_update_watch, validate_openapi_request
 
 
+def validate_time_between_check_required(json_data):
+    """
+    Validate that at least one time interval is specified when not using default settings.
+    Returns None if valid, or error message string if invalid.
+    Defaults to using global settings if time_between_check_use_default is not provided.
+    """
+    # Default to using global settings if not specified
+    use_default = json_data.get('time_between_check_use_default', True)
+
+    # If using default settings, no validation needed
+    if use_default:
+        return None
+
+    # If not using defaults, check if time_between_check exists and has at least one non-zero value
+    time_check = json_data.get('time_between_check')
+    if not time_check:
+        # No time_between_check provided and not using defaults - this is an error
+        return "At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified when not using global settings."
+
+    # time_between_check exists, check if it has at least one non-zero value
+    if any([
+        (time_check.get('weeks') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('days') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('hours') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('minutes') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('seconds') or 0) > 0
+    ]):
+        return None
+
+    # time_between_check exists but all values are 0 or empty - this is an error
+    return "At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified when not using global settings."
+
+
 class Watch(Resource):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         # datastore is a black box dependency
@@ -81,6 +114,11 @@ class Watch(Resource):
             if not request.json.get('proxy') in plist:
                 return "Invalid proxy choice, currently supported proxies are '{}'".format(', '.join(plist)), 400
 
+        # Validate time_between_check when not using defaults
+        validation_error = validate_time_between_check_required(request.json)
+        if validation_error:
+            return validation_error, 400
+
         watch.update(request.json)
 
         return "OK", 200
@@ -196,6 +234,11 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
             if not json_data.get('proxy') in plist:
                 return "Invalid proxy choice, currently supported proxies are '{}'".format(', '.join(plist)), 400
 
+        # Validate time_between_check when not using defaults
+        validation_error = validate_time_between_check_required(json_data)
+        if validation_error:
+            return validation_error, 400
+
         extras = copy.deepcopy(json_data)
 
         # Because we renamed 'tag' to 'tags' but don't want to change the API (can do this in v2 of the API)

changedetectionio/api/api_schema.py

@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ def build_watch_json_schema(d):
 
     schema['properties']['time_between_check'] = build_time_between_check_json_schema()
 
+    schema['properties']['time_between_check_use_default'] = {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "default": True,
+        "description": "Whether to use global settings for time between checks - defaults to true if not set"
+    }
+
     schema['properties']['browser_steps'] = {
         "anyOf": [
             {