From ed9716e89fae545c8cd850a7e8fbb8345ab281a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: donarbl <donarablanc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:20:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: enforce 280 character limit on blooms in schema and API

---
 backend/endpoints.py | 8 +++++++-
 db/schema.sql        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/endpoints.py b/backend/endpoints.py
index 0e177a0..da1c9a3 100644
--- a/backend/endpoints.py
+++ b/backend/endpoints.py
@@ -155,10 +155,16 @@ def send_bloom():
     type_check_error = verify_request_fields({"content": str})
     if type_check_error is not None:
         return type_check_error
+    content = request.json("content") 
+    if len(content) > 280:
+        return make_response(
+            {"success": False, "message": "Blooms can't be longer than 280 charactes "
 
+            }
+        )
     user = get_current_user()
 
-    blooms.add_bloom(sender=user, content=request.json["content"])
+    blooms.add_bloom(sender=user, content=content)
 
     return jsonify(
         {
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index 61e7580..7306ad5 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE users (
 CREATE TABLE blooms (
     id BIGSERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
     sender_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
-    content TEXT NOT NULL,
+    content VARCHAR(280) NOT NULL,
     send_timestamp TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
 );