From e7e157e1db34a1ed63878027c442c8426a44d772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: laurenwalker <walker@nceas.ucsb.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:35:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] When an empty file is uploaded, show an error message but
 allow the package to still be uploaded without it. Closes #975

---
 src/js/views/DataItemView.js | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/js/views/DataItemView.js b/src/js/views/DataItemView.js
index d04bcbe12..30af2d3a8 100644
--- a/src/js/views/DataItemView.js
+++ b/src/js/views/DataItemView.js
@@ -457,6 +457,14 @@ define(['underscore', 'jquery', 'backbone', 'models/DataONEObject',
                     // Read each file, and make a DataONEObject
                     _.each(fileList, function(file) {
 
+                        var uploadStatus = "l",
+                            errorMessage = "";
+
+                        if( file.size == 0 ){
+                          uploadStatus = "e";
+                          errorMessage = "This is an empty file. It won't be included in the dataset.";
+                        }
+
                         var dataONEObject = new DataONEObject({
                             synced: true,
                             type: "Data",
@@ -464,7 +472,8 @@ define(['underscore', 'jquery', 'backbone', 'models/DataONEObject',
                             size: file.size,
                             mediaType: file.type,
                             uploadFile: file,
-                            uploadStatus: "l",
+                            uploadStatus: uploadStatus,
+                            errorMessage: errorMessage,
                             isDocumentedBy: [this.parentSciMeta.id],
                             resourceMap: [this.collection.packageModel.id]
                         });