From d1a49846faaa0a3af8854319953faf640cc84dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ike-agu <ikennaww@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:07:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Module-Legacy-Code % Implement 280-character limit for Blooms
 - Implemented length checks in  endpoint with HTTP 400 responses. - Added a
 safety validation in  to protect the database layer.

---
 backend/data/blooms.py | 5 +++++
 backend/endpoints.py   | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/data/blooms.py b/backend/data/blooms.py
index 7e280cf..2dd917d 100644
--- a/backend/data/blooms.py
+++ b/backend/data/blooms.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ class Bloom:
 
 
 def add_bloom(*, sender: User, content: str) -> Bloom:
+    #------validation-----------
+    MAX_CHARACTERS = 280
+    if len(content) > MAX_CHARACTERS
+        raise ValueError(f"Bloom exceeds {MAX_CHARACTERS} characters.")
+
     hashtags = [word[1:] for word in content.split(" ") if word.startswith("#")]
 
     now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC)
diff --git a/backend/endpoints.py b/backend/endpoints.py
index 0e177a0..096a76e 100644
--- a/backend/endpoints.py
+++ b/backend/endpoints.py
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ def send_bloom():
     if type_check_error is not None:
         return type_check_error
 
+    content = request.json["content"]
+
+    #----Validation-----
+    if len(content) > 280:
+        return make_response(jsonify({
+            "success": False,
+            "message" : "Bloom is too long! Max 280 characters"
+        }), 400)
+
     user = get_current_user()
 
     blooms.add_bloom(sender=user, content=request.json["content"])