Misleading validation message on submitting malformed Geometry

[davidgruar]

I attempted to create a DTRO via the createFromFile endpoint that included a regulatedPlace looking something like this:

{
  "geometry": {
    "version": 1,
    "Polygon": {
      "polygon": "SRID=27700;POLYGON ((436870.12 389453.97, 436870.81 389454.55, 436871.85 389455.58, 436870.12 389453.97))",
      "externalReference": []
    }
  }
}

I got back a 400 response with the following body:

{"ruleError_0":{"name":"Spatial reference","message":"British National Grid - Spatial Reference not present in the geometry or it is wrong referenced.","path":"Source.provision.regulatedPlace.geometry","rule":"Spatial reference should be SRID=27700"}}

This caused me a good deal of confusion, as the geometry was specified with SRID=27700 as required. I eventually worked out that the externalReference property was at the wrong level (for reasons mentioned in #25), and should have been a child of "geometry" and a sibling of "version" and "Polygon". When I fixed this I was able to submit the request successfully.

There is clearly something wrong with the validation if it is reporting errors that are not present and not reporting the actual error.

[stm-john-cooper]

Thanks for raising this issue. We will investigate and get back to you.

[stm-john-cooper]

This issue has been added to the backlog.