From a9cf6986f8a084e439a7ee2a20f2dd3091188a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nataliia Volkova <volkov.nataliia@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 15:30:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] validation length bloop on backend

---
 backend/endpoints.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 backend/populate.py  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/endpoints.py b/backend/endpoints.py
index 0e177a0..bb2e72c 100644
--- a/backend/endpoints.py
+++ b/backend/endpoints.py
@@ -155,10 +155,18 @@ 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 {
+            "success": False,
+            "error": "Bloom content can't be more than 280 characters"
+        }, 400
+    
     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/backend/populate.py b/backend/populate.py
index 414218b..84a643a 100644
--- a/backend/populate.py
+++ b/backend/populate.py
@@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ def send_bloom(access_token: str, text: str) -> None:
     post("/bloom", data={"content": text}, access_token=access_token)
 
 
+MAX_BLOOM_LENGTH = 280
+
+def send_long_bloom(access_token: str, text: str) -> None:
+    text = " ".join(text.split())
+
+    while text:
+        chunk = text[:MAX_BLOOM_LENGTH]
+
+        if len(text) > MAX_BLOOM_LENGTH:
+            cut = chunk.rfind(" ")
+            if cut > 0:
+                chunk = chunk[:cut]
+
+        send_bloom(access_token, chunk)
+        # print(len(chunk), repr(chunk))
+
+        text = text[len(chunk):].strip()
+
+
 def follow(*, follower_access_token: str, follow_username: str) -> None:
     post(
         "/follow",