From cbb1319ebc012c871da14f669d1cb4c70c327eab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andig <cpuidle@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:47:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: handle empty map or slices

---
 server/db/settings/setting.go | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/db/settings/setting.go b/server/db/settings/setting.go
index 5a02fd42c..2cf8d6851 100644
--- a/server/db/settings/setting.go
+++ b/server/db/settings/setting.go
@@ -198,8 +198,17 @@ func Json(key string, res any) error {
 
 func DecodeOtherSliceOrMap(other, res any) error {
 	var len int
-	if typ := reflect.TypeOf(other); typ.Kind() == reflect.Slice || typ.Kind() == reflect.Map {
-		len = reflect.ValueOf(other).Len()
+
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(other)
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(other)
+
+	if typ.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		typ = typ.Elem()
+		val = reflect.Indirect(val)
+	}
+
+	if typ.Kind() == reflect.Slice || typ.Kind() == reflect.Map {
+		len = val.Len()
 	} else {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot decode into slice or map: %v", other)
 	}