use data from association when validating

apps/publish/content/common.py

@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def _validate_associated_items(self, original_item, updates=None, validation_err
         associations = deepcopy(original_item.get(ASSOCIATIONS, {}))
         associations.update(updates.get(ASSOCIATIONS, {}))
 
-        items = [value for value in associations.values()]
+        items = [value for value in associations.values() if value]
         if original_item[ITEM_TYPE] == CONTENT_TYPE.COMPOSITE and self.publish_type == ITEM_PUBLISH:
             items.extend(self.package_service.get_residrefs(original_item))
 
@@ -629,10 +629,9 @@ def _validate_associated_items(self, original_item, updates=None, validation_err
         for item in items:
             orig = None
             if type(item) == dict and item.get(config.ID_FIELD):
-                doc = item
-                orig = super().find_one(req=None, _id=item[config.ID_FIELD])
-                if not app.settings.get("COPY_METADATA_FROM_PARENT") and orig:
-                    doc = orig
+                orig = super().find_one(req=None, _id=item[config.ID_FIELD]) or {}
+                doc = copy(orig)
+                doc.update(item)
                 try:
                     doc.update({"lock_user": orig["lock_user"]})
                 except (TypeError, KeyError):

features/content_publish.feature

@@ -2297,26 +2297,40 @@ Feature: Content Publishing
       """
         [{"_id": "publish_embedded", "type": "picture", "act": "publish", "embedded": true,
           "schema": {"headline": {"type": "string","required": true}}},
-         {"_id": "publish_text", "type": "text", "act": "publish", "schema": {}}]
+         {"_id": "publish_text", "type": "text", "act": "publish", "schema": {}}
+        ]
       """
       And "desks"
       """
       [{"name": "Sports"}]
       """
       And "archive"
       """
-      [{"guid": "123", "type": "text", "headline": "test", "_current_version": 1, "state": "in_progress",
+      [
+        {"_id": "234", "type": "picture", "_current_version": 1, "guid": "234", "state": "in_progress"},
+        {"guid": "123", "type": "text", "headline": "test", "_current_version": 1, "state": "in_progress",
         "task": {"desk": "#desks._id#", "stage": "#desks.incoming_stage#", "user": "#CONTEXT_USER_ID#"},
         "subject":[{"qcode": "17004000", "name": "Statistics"}], "body_html": "Test Document body",
         "associations": {
             "featureimage": {
                 "_id": "234",
+                "_current_version": 1,
                 "guid": "234",
                 "alt_text": "alt_text",
                 "description_text": "description_text",
                 "type": "picture",
                 "slugline": "s234",
-                "state": "in_progress"}}}]
+                "state": "in_progress"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+      ]
+      """
+      And "content_types"
+      """
+      [
+        {"_id": "picture", "schema": {"headline": {"required": true}, "copyrightholder": {"required": true}}}
+      ]
       """
       When we post to "/products" with success
       """
@@ -2337,6 +2351,24 @@ Feature: Content Publishing
       """
       {"_issues": {"validator exception": "[[\"MEDIA'S HEADLINE is a required field\"]]"}, "_status": "ERR"}
       """
+      When we publish "#archive._id#" with "publish" type and "published" state
+      """
+      {
+        "associations": {
+          "featureimage": {
+            "headline": "test",
+            "_id": "234",
+            "guid": "234",
+            "alt_text": "alt_text",
+            "description_text": "description_text",
+            "type": "picture",
+            "slugline": "s234",
+            "state": "in_progress"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      """
+      Then we get ok response
 
     @auth
     Scenario: Publish fails when embedded item does not exist

features/publish_embedded.feature

@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ Feature: Publish embedded items feature
         When we publish "foo" with "publish" type and "published" state
         Then we get error 400
         """
-        {"_issues": {"validator exception": "['Associated item  #archive._id#: SLUGLINE is a required field']"}}
+        {"_issues": {"validator exception": "['Associated item  test: SLUGLINE is a required field']"}}
         """
         Then we set copy metadata from parent flag
         When we publish "foo" with "publish" type and "published" state