User input refactor and option bug fixes by dale-wahl · Pull Request #620 · digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat

Commits on Jul 16, 2026

update_input: don't swallow bad dates
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update_input: fix OPTION_MULTI fail on list; raise on invalid options
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541b8c4
update_input: clean up text input: ensure coarse works, determine number first to improve user exception message, inform user when input not a number (instead of always correcting)
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26b0c55
whoops: refactor missed lines
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8c71026
user_input: add knowns keys to check (to catch "coerce" vs "coerce_type" bug and potentially others)
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17e051e
user_input: swithc silently_correct default to False (more secure), add validate_default and log for devs
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09ce69b
add tests! check option defaults (where possible) and ensure no bad option keys
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38136ca
user_input: tell user which option failed
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601cc12
user_input: warn on bad default _before_ converted to user input
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revert: still warn, but do not silently correct (better than user value being overwritten)
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d5e4ea9
remove_author_info: itertools.chain is a ONE use iterator (make it a list)
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3a0676e
fix bad defaults
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"hidden_in_explorer" should be "hide_in_explorer"
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5634bbb
video_scene_identifier: options use keys not values
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afc3f5b
image_wall: image uses different default than video
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4f0b3d0
random_filter: validate_query not needed if get_option is fixed
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92a3e6e
merge in user_input changes
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c70de2a

Commits on Jul 17, 2026

Commits on Oct 15, 2026

update multichoice.js which used to "work" because no action/selection would later fallback to the default even if unseen/unused
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764f1a4

Commits on Oct 19, 2026

Merge branch 'master' into pr/620
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bad185e
fix 4chan flags (allow HTML back through to options in checkboxes)
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1c1ff27
Merge branch 'paramters_update' into user_input_review
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7ae7474

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User input refactor and option bug fixes - #620

User input refactor and option bug fixes#620
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Commits on Jul 16, 2026

update_input: don't swallow bad dates

update_input: fix OPTION_MULTI fail on list; raise on invalid options

update_input: clean up text input: ensure coarse works, determine number first to improve user exception message, inform user when input not a number (instead of always correcting)

whoops: refactor missed lines

user_input: add knowns keys to check (to catch "coerce" vs "coerce_type" bug and potentially others)

user_input: swithc silently_correct default to False (more secure), add validate_default and log for devs

add tests! check option defaults (where possible) and ensure no bad option keys

user_input: tell user which option failed

user_input: warn on bad default _before_ converted to user input

revert: still warn, but do not silently correct (better than user value being overwritten)

remove_author_info: itertools.chain is a ONE use iterator (make it a list)

fix bad defaults

"hidden_in_explorer" should be "hide_in_explorer"

video_scene_identifier: options use keys not values

image_wall: image uses different default than video

random_filter: validate_query not needed if get_option is fixed

merge in user_input changes

Commits on Jul 17, 2026

add comments to all known option keys

add mandatory user option flag/tag

options mandatory check: add missing multi-select and update test

user_input: never fill in a value the user did not send

Commits on Oct 15, 2026

update multichoice.js which used to "work" because no action/selection would later fallback to the default even if unseen/unused

Commits on Oct 19, 2026

Merge branch 'master' into pr/620

fix 4chan flags (allow HTML back through to options in checkboxes)

Merge branch 'paramters_update' into user_input_review

Commits on Oct 20, 2026

Merge branch 'pr/619' into pr/620

Merge branch 'user_input_review' of https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat into pr/620