Sheffield | 25-SDC-Nov | Hassan Osman | Sprint 1 | Bug Report: Extra long blooms?

backend/data/blooms.py

@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ class Bloom:
     sent_timestamp: datetime.datetime
 
 
+MAX_BLOOM_LENGTH = 280 
+
 def add_bloom(*, sender: User, content: str) -> Bloom:
+    if len(content) > 280:
+        raise ValueError("Bloom exceeds 280 characters")
+
     hashtags = [word[1:] for word in content.split(" ") if word.startswith("#")]
 
     now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC)

backend/endpoints.py

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def get_bloom(id_str):
         return make_response((f"Bloom not found", 404))
     return jsonify(bloom)
 
+MAX_BLOOM_LENGTH = 280 
 
 @jwt_required()
 def home_timeline():
@@ -198,6 +199,9 @@ def home_timeline():
     # Combine own blooms with followed blooms
     all_blooms = followed_blooms + own_blooms
 
+    # Filter long blooms (over 280 characters)
+    all_blooms = [bloom for bloom in all_blooms if len(bloom.content) <= MAX_BLOOM_LENGTH]
+
     # Sort by timestamp (newest first)
     sorted_blooms = list(
         sorted(all_blooms, key=lambda bloom: bloom.sent_timestamp, reverse=True)

front-end/components/bloom-form.mjs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ async function handleBloomSubmit(event) {
   const textarea = form.querySelector("textarea");
   const content = textarea.value.trim();
 
+
   try {
     // Make form inert while we call the back end
     form.inert = true;