From daabc6364dcfa024509256c609b8f3b51cfffa2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "kay.one" <kay.one@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:46:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] handling of blank paths during validation.

---
 NzbDrone.Api/Validation/PathValidator.cs | 1 +
 NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Validation/PathValidator.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Validation/PathValidator.cs
index bc055a98c..f7cf37eab 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Validation/PathValidator.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Validation/PathValidator.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public PathValidator()
 
         protected override bool IsValid(PropertyValidatorContext context)
         {
+            if (context.PropertyValue == null) return false;
             return context.PropertyValue.ToString().IsPathValid();
         }
     }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
index 68938c55a..15687895f 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public static bool PathEquals(this string firstPath, string secondPath)
 
         public static bool IsPathValid(this string path)
         {
-            if (path.ContainsInvalidPathChars())
+            if (path.ContainsInvalidPathChars() || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
             {
                 return false;
             }