From c48852e3bbe3eb9345aa248e69d48302d865e782 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 20:22:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Detect values of None in utils.get_irc()

The intent for the get_irc() function is to return an empty string
when no nick is found, but the API tends to provide a null (None)
value explicitly. When this happens, convert it to the empty string
too.

Change-Id: I9b62b1d722136246d1987a1a45ca771bdc02579c
---
 openstack_election/utils.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/openstack_election/utils.py b/openstack_election/utils.py
index 39cf3a35..79fa46e5 100644
--- a/openstack_election/utils.py
+++ b/openstack_election/utils.py
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ def get_irc(member, filepath=None):
     member_data = member.get('data', [])
     if member_data:
         irc = member_data[0].get('irc', '')
+        # The API can return None for nonexistent nicks
+        if irc is None:
+            irc = ''
     return irc