REST API returns empty array instead of empty object

In PHP arrays and associative arrays are the same type.

This is not true in JSON or in perl, so there are problems with the REST API, for instance when searching for objects, a JSON object is supposed to be returned by the endpoint, but if there are no results, the empty associative array is encoded as an empty JSON array, not an empty JSON object.

So we should review endpoints which are supposed to return a JSON object and make sure they return a JSON object even if empty. The problem may still appear deeper in the result tree but this will be a good first step and fix the empty search result case which is the most common.

changed milestone to %FusionDirectory 1.4

added plugin-webservice label

mentioned in commit cbb6070a

added PJ1802-0188 label

added 2h of time spent at 2019-06-20

added To Be Tested label

changed due date to July 03, 2019

assigned to @jswaelens and unassigned @MCMic

Tested on my VM and it work correctly

$ curl -H "SESSION-TOKEN: nt7j9929uiqcghrkb3h8tprbq7"  "http://192.168.56.101/fusiondirectory/rest.php/v1/objects/DEPARTMENT" -X GET | jq .
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100     3  100     3    0     0    272      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   272
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added 2h 30m of time spent at 2019-07-16

removed due date

added Fixed label and removed To Be Tested label

closed