From 02456e92971528e5ac93a978916f13a33e357f83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zandercymatics <141044360+zandercymatics@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:20:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update views.py

---
 src/api/views.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/views.py b/src/api/views.py
index a7dd7600a..e40924708 100644
--- a/src/api/views.py
+++ b/src/api/views.py
@@ -88,10 +88,17 @@ def available(request, domain=""):
     """
     domain = request.GET.get("domain", "")
     DraftDomain = apps.get_model("registrar.DraftDomain")
+    if domain is None or domain.strip() == "":
+        # TODO - change this... should it be the regular required?
+        return JsonResponse({"available": False, "code": "invalid", "message": "This field is required"})
     # validate that the given domain could be a domain name and fail early if
     # not.
     if not (DraftDomain.string_could_be_domain(domain) or DraftDomain.string_could_be_domain(domain + ".gov")):
-        return JsonResponse({"available": False, "code": "invalid", "message": DOMAIN_API_MESSAGES["invalid"]})
+        print(f"What is the domain at this point? {domain}")
+        if "." in domain:
+            return JsonResponse({"available": False, "code": "invalid", "message": DOMAIN_API_MESSAGES["extra_dots"]})
+        else:
+            return JsonResponse({"available": False, "code": "invalid", "message": DOMAIN_API_MESSAGES["invalid"]})
     # a domain is available if it is NOT in the list of current domains
     try:
         if check_domain_available(domain):