From 06a3258b99553909f46c5c6ac9a864bdcd49d4bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Moor <tom.moor@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 20:52:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Allow empty document body to be saved closes #1258

---
 server/api/documents.js      |  2 +-
 server/api/documents.test.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/api/documents.js b/server/api/documents.js
index bf73b1c3..fb071556 100644
--- a/server/api/documents.js
+++ b/server/api/documents.js
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ router.post('documents.update', auth(), async ctx => {
 
   if (append) {
     document.text += text;
-  } else if (text) {
+  } else if (text !== undefined) {
     document.text = text;
   }
   document.lastModifiedById = user.id;
diff --git a/server/api/documents.test.js b/server/api/documents.test.js
index 7f132d74..40bb4d02 100644
--- a/server/api/documents.test.js
+++ b/server/api/documents.test.js
@@ -1495,6 +1495,24 @@ describe('#documents.update', async () => {
     expect(body).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('should allow setting empty text', async () => {
+    const { user, document } = await seed();
+
+    const res = await server.post('/api/documents.update', {
+      body: {
+        token: user.getJwtToken(),
+        id: document.id,
+        lastRevision: document.revision,
+        title: 'Updated Title',
+        text: '',
+      },
+    });
+    const body = await res.json();
+
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+    expect(body.data.text).toBe('');
+  });
+
   it('should require authentication', async () => {
     const { document } = await seed();
     const res = await server.post('/api/documents.update', {