From 6a63201fd4d84a1d1daf8a2098d31943c6306b23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David McKee <david.mckee@dxw.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:02:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Require query default value to be empty string, not None

This was causing the following error:

https://app.rollbar.com/a/dxw/fix/item/tna-caselaw-public-ui/166
---
 judgments/views/advanced_search.py | 2 +-
 judgments/views/results.py         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/judgments/views/advanced_search.py b/judgments/views/advanced_search.py
index 340a759ee..75a68730f 100644
--- a/judgments/views/advanced_search.py
+++ b/judgments/views/advanced_search.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 def advanced_search(request):
     params = request.GET
     query_params = {
-        "query": params.get("query"),
+        "query": params.get("query", ""),
         "court": params.getlist("court"),
         "judge": params.get("judge"),
         "party": params.get("party"),
diff --git a/judgments/views/results.py b/judgments/views/results.py
index 5f5b87608..ce582d284 100644
--- a/judgments/views/results.py
+++ b/judgments/views/results.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def results(request):
     context = {"page_title": gettext("results.search.title")}
     try:
         params = request.GET
-        query = preprocess_query(params.get("query"))
+        query = preprocess_query(params.get("query", ""))
         page = str(as_integer(params.get("page"), minimum=1))
         per_page = str(
             as_integer(