Fixed problems with swagger validation of edit actions model.

gui/src/components/EditUserMetadataDialog.js

@@ -678,10 +678,24 @@ class EditUserMetadataDialogUnstyled extends React.Component {
     const { query, api } = this.props
     const { actions } = this.state
 
+    // remove null values to allow swagger validation
+    const actionsCopy = {...this.state.actions}
+    Object.keys(actionsCopy).forEach(key => {
+      if (Array.isArray(actionsCopy[key])) {
+        actionsCopy[key] = actionsCopy[key].map(action => {
+          const actionCopy = {...action}
+          if (!actionCopy.value) {
+            delete actionCopy.value
+          }
+          return actionCopy
+        })
+      }
+    })
+
     const editRequest = {
       query: query,
       verify: verify,
-      actions: actions
+      actions: actionsCopy
     }
 
     return api.edit(editRequest).then(data => {
@@ -689,8 +703,8 @@ class EditUserMetadataDialogUnstyled extends React.Component {
         return
       }
 
-      const newActions = {...this.state.actions}
       let verified = true
+      const newActions = {...this.state.actions}
       if (data.actions) {
         Object.keys(newActions).forEach(key => {
           if (Array.isArray(newActions[key])) {

nomad/app/api/repo.py

@@ -330,13 +330,8 @@ def repo_edit_action_field(quantity):
             fields.Nested(repo_edit_action_model, skip_none=True), description=quantity.description)
 
 
-class NullableString(fields.String):
-    __schema_type__ = ['string', 'null']
-    __schema_example__ = 'nullable string'
-
-
 repo_edit_action_model = api.model('RepoEditAction', {
-    'value': NullableString(description='The value/values that is set as a string.'),
+    'value': fields.String(description='The value/values that is set as a string.'),
     'success': fields.Boolean(description='If this can/could be done. Only in API response.'),
     'message': fields.String(descriptin='A message that details the action result. Only in API response.')
 })
@@ -458,13 +453,12 @@ class EditRepoCalcsResource(Resource):
                 action['success'] = True
                 action['message'] = None
                 action_value = action.get('value')
+                action_value = action_value if action_value is None else action_value.strip()
 
                 if action_value is None:
-                    continue
-
-                action_value = action_value.strip()
+                    mongo_value = None
 
-                if action_value == '':
+                elif action_value == '':
                     mongo_value = None
 
                 elif flask_verify == datamodel.User: