Fix failing mypy.HEADmain

Signed-off-by: Munyoki Kilyungi <me@bonfacemunyoki.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gn_auth/auth/requests.py b/gn_auth/auth/requests.py
index e876641..cd939dd 100644
--- a/gn_auth/auth/requests.py
+++ b/gn_auth/auth/requests.py
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ from flask import request
 def request_json() -> dict:
     """Retrieve the JSON sent in a request."""
     try:
-        return request.json
+        json_data = request.json
+        # KLUDGE: We have this check here since request.json has the
+        # type Any | None; see:
+        # <https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/blob/7868bef5d978093a8baa0784464ebe5d775ae92a/src/werkzeug/wrappers/request.py#L545>
+        return json_data if isinstance(json_data, dict) else {}
     except werkzeug.exceptions.UnsupportedMediaType:
         return dict(request.form) or {}