From 43e65bfd4c3e8abc262723209b66f303d24ce59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fullsizemalt <106900403+fullsizemalt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:31:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(kiosk): Filter empty optional fields before API
 submission - Prevents validation errors when email/phone/company are empty
 strings - Only sends fields with actual values to backend

---
 frontend/src/pages/VisitorKioskPage.tsx | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/VisitorKioskPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/VisitorKioskPage.tsx
index b2609d4..f9cf16a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/VisitorKioskPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/VisitorKioskPage.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@ export default function VisitorKioskPage() {
         setError(null);
 
         try {
-            const visitor = await visitorsApi.create(formData);
+            // Only include non-empty fields to avoid validation errors on optional fields
+            const visitorData: Record<string, any> = {
+                name: formData.name,
+                purpose: formData.purpose,
+                type: formData.type
+            };
+            if (formData.company) visitorData.company = formData.company;
+            if (formData.email) visitorData.email = formData.email;
+            if (formData.phone) visitorData.phone = formData.phone;
+
+            const visitor = await visitorsApi.create(visitorData);
             const result = await visitorsApi.checkIn(visitor.id, {
                 ndaAccepted: formData.ndaAccepted
             });