Make description an optional field

src/http/posts.go

@@ -293,10 +293,9 @@ func postFromPostReq(r *http.Request) (post.Post, error) {
 
 	if p.ID == "" ||
 		p.Title == "" ||
-		p.Description == "" ||
 		p.Body == "" ||
 		len(p.Tags) == 0 {
-		return post.Post{}, errors.New("ID, Title, Description, Tags, and Body are all required")
+		return post.Post{}, errors.New("ID, Title, Tags, and Body are all required")
 	}
 
 	return p, nil

src/http/tpl/post.html

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
   {{ .Payload.Title }}
 </h1>
 
+{{ if ne .Payload.Description "" }}
 <p>
   <em>- {{ .Payload.Description }}</em>
 </p>
+{{ end }}
 
 <hr/>
 

src/post/draft_post.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (s *draftStore) Set(post Post) error {
 				body=excluded.body`,
 		post.ID,
 		post.Title,
-		post.Description,
+		&sql.NullString{String: post.Description, Valid: len(post.Description) > 0},
 		&sql.NullString{String: string(tagsJSON), Valid: len(post.Tags) > 0},
 		&sql.NullString{String: post.Series, Valid: post.Series != ""},
 		post.Body,
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ func (s *draftStore) get(
 
 		var (
 			post                      Post
-			tags, series sql.NullString
+			description, tags, series sql.NullString
 		)
 
 		err := rows.Scan(
-			&post.ID, &post.Title, &post.Description, &tags, &series,
+			&post.ID, &post.Title, &description, &tags, &series,
 			&post.Body,
 		)
 
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func (s *draftStore) get(
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scanning row: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		post.Description = description.String
 		post.Series = series.String
 
 		if tags.String != "" {

src/post/draft_post_test.go

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func TestDraftStore(t *testing.T) {
 		// we will now try updating the post, and ensure it updates properly
 
 		post.Title = "something else"
+		post.Description = "some description"
 		post.Series = "whatever"
 		post.Body = "anything"
 		post.Tags = []string{"bar", "baz"}

src/post/post.go

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (s *store) Set(post Post, now time.Time) (bool, error) {
 				body=excluded.body`,
 			post.ID,
 			post.Title,
-			post.Description,
+			&sql.NullString{String: post.Description, Valid: len(post.Description) > 0},
 			&sql.NullString{String: post.Series, Valid: post.Series != ""},
 			nowSQL,
 			post.Body,
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ func (s *store) get(
 
 		var (
 			post                       StoredPost
-			series, tag                sql.NullString
+			description, tag, series   sql.NullString
 			publishedAt, lastUpdatedAt sql.NullInt64
 		)
 
 		err := rows.Scan(
-			&post.ID, &post.Title, &post.Description, &series, &tag,
+			&post.ID, &post.Title, &description, &series, &tag,
 			&publishedAt, &lastUpdatedAt,
 			&post.Body,
 		)
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ func (s *store) get(
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scanning row: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		post.Description = description.String
 		post.Series = series.String
 
 		if tag.String != "" {

src/post/post_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ func testPost(i int) Post {
 	return Post{
 		ID:    istr,
 		Title: istr,
-		Description: istr,
 		Body:  istr,
 	}
 }
@@ -127,6 +126,7 @@ func TestStore(t *testing.T) {
 		newNow := h.clock.Now().UTC()
 
 		post.Title = "something else"
+		post.Description = "some description"
 		post.Series = "whatever"
 		post.Body = "anything"
 		post.Tags = []string{"bar", "baz"}

src/post/sql.go

@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ var migrations = &migrate.MemoryMigrationSource{Migrations: []*migrate.Migration
 			)`,
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Id: "3",
+		Up: []string{
+			`ALTER TABLE post_drafts RENAME description TO description_old`,
+			`ALTER TABLE post_drafts ADD COLUMN description TEXT`,
+			`UPDATE post_drafts AS pd SET description=pd.description_old`,
+			`ALTER TABLE post_drafts DROP COLUMN description_old`,
+
+			`ALTER TABLE posts RENAME description TO description_old`,
+			`ALTER TABLE posts ADD COLUMN description TEXT`,
+			`UPDATE posts AS p SET description=p.description_old`,
+			`ALTER TABLE posts DROP COLUMN description_old`,
+		},
+	},
 }}
 
 // SQLDB is a sqlite3 database which can be used by storage interfaces within