Fix issues caught by type-checker.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/uploader/publications/views.py b/uploader/publications/views.py
index f0ec95a..11732db 100644
--- a/uploader/publications/views.py
+++ b/uploader/publications/views.py
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ def edit_publication(publication_id: int):
         _pub = update_publications(conn, ({
             "publication_id": publication_id,
             "pubmed_id": form.get("pubmed-id") or None,
-            "abstract": form.get("publication-abstract").encode("utf8") or None,
-            "authors": form.get("publication-authors").encode("utf8"),
-            "title":  form.get("publication-title").encode("utf8") or None,
-            "journal": form.get("publication-journal").encode("utf8") or None,
-            "volume": form.get("publication-volume").encode("utf8") or None,
-            "pages": form.get("publication-pages").encode("utf8") or None,
+            "abstract": (form.get("publication-abstract") or "").encode("utf8") or None,
+            "authors": (form.get("publication-authors") or "").encode("utf8"),
+            "title":  (form.get("publication-title") or "").encode("utf8") or None,
+            "journal": (form.get("publication-journal") or "").encode("utf8") or None,
+            "volume": (form.get("publication-volume") or "").encode("utf8") or None,
+            "pages": (form.get("publication-pages") or "").encode("utf8") or None,
             "month": (form.get("publication-month") or "").encode("utf8").capitalize() or None,
-            "year": form.get("publication-year").encode("utf8") or None
+            "year": (form.get("publication-year") or "").encode("utf8") or None
         },))
 
         if not _pub: