From a449b7de54072c42b2647273e12121d2a01c3cec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Nichols <natenichols@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:51:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Handle case where params is null (#65)

* if request does not have parameters, set params to empty [{}]
---
 src/rpc/RPC.cpp          | 2 +-
 src/webserver/HttpBase.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/rpc/RPC.cpp b/src/rpc/RPC.cpp
index 8ea88905..006f60fd 100644
--- a/src/rpc/RPC.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/RPC.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ make_HttpContext(
     if (command == "subscribe" || command == "unsubscribe")
         return {};
 
-    if (!request.contains("params") || !request.at("params").is_array())
+    if (!request.at("params").is_array())
         return {};
 
     boost::json::array const& array = request.at("params").as_array();
diff --git a/src/webserver/HttpBase.h b/src/webserver/HttpBase.h
index 98d68cd2..152b4bc0 100644
--- a/src/webserver/HttpBase.h
+++ b/src/webserver/HttpBase.h
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ handle_request(
         try
         {
             request = boost::json::parse(req.body()).as_object();
+            
+            if (!request.contains("params"))
+                request["params"] = boost::json::array({ boost::json::object {} });
         }
         catch (std::runtime_error const& e)
         {