From 31bf37715cc1561f27946af79c3a0cdc276f7c67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eecavanna <134325062+eecavanna@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:48:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure variable contains a string before using it as URL

---
 nmdc_server/cli.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nmdc_server/cli.py b/nmdc_server/cli.py
index c45a095f..132c4dd8 100644
--- a/nmdc_server/cli.py
+++ b/nmdc_server/cli.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def require_setting(name: str):
 
     # Post a message to Slack if a Slack webhook URL is defined.
     # Reference: https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks#posting_with_webhooks
-    if settings.slack_webhook_url_for_ingester not in [None, ""]:
+    if isinstance(settings.slack_webhook_url_for_ingester, str):
         click.echo("Posting message to Slack.")
         response = requests.post(
             settings.slack_webhook_url_for_ingester,