API restrictions on characters allowed in space names should govern characters accepted in UI

[rgarg1]

1. Log into OSIO
2. Browse to the page to see all your spaces
3. Try deleting a space. Observe that space is not deleted and you see a 500 error response from the backend API

[rgarg1]

Priority @qodfathr ?

Cc @maxandersen @kwk

[kwk]

I can confirm the issue but interestingly the space disappears from the list of my spaces anyways.

[joshuawilson]

Is this a refresh issue? or does not delete it all?

[alexeykazakov]

Maybe related to #3580

[ldimaggi]

See: #3580

The error is due to the spaces including characters that the UI prevents the users from including in space names.

@rgarg1 To confirm - try this with a space (name) that is created in the UI.

[aptmac]

When deleting a space, is the expectation that all of it's data should disappear? I'm not quite sure the act of deleting a space is actually deleting it. When creating a new space the console prints out the updated spaces object, and mine contains a bunch of old "deleted" spaces that I had made for testing a while ago.

Example:

I currently only have 4 spaces as seen on the 'My Spaces' page:

When I create a new space, the console logs the updated spaces object. It still has record of all the work spaces that I created (and deleted).

I actually had so much text in that object that the console asked me if I wanted to view the next 25,000 characters.

[ldimaggi]

Ruchir - just confirm - what is the syntax of the name of the spaces that you cannot delete?

[rgarg1]

@ldimaggi Yes, I can confirm that spaces created with a : in the name have this problem. Though the UI enforces not to have a ':' in the space name, the same is allowed through the API.

[ldimaggi]

API restrictions on characters allowed in space names should govern characters accepted in UI

The issue here is that at present, the UI is more restrictive than the API. The best approach would be for the API to define the set of allowed characters, and have the UI stay in synch with those restrictions.

[rgarg1]

Due to this issue, I'm stuck with piles of test spaces created using API. Reset env is of no help either:

[joshuawilson]

@aslakknutsen who can fix this?