Manchester | 25-SDC-Nov | Rahwa Haile | Sprint 1 | Bug Report: Extra long blooms?

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Manchester | 25-SDC-Nov | Rahwa Haile | Sprint 1 | Bug Report: Extra long blooms?

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Fix: Enforce 280-character limit on blooms

Description

This PR fixes a bug where blooms could be posted with content exceeding the intended 280-character limit. The frontend enforces this limit via a textarea maxlength attribute, but the backend had no validation, allowing blooms to bypass the restriction.

Changes

• backend/endpoints.py: Added validation to the send_bloom() endpoint to reject blooms longer than 280 characters with a 400 error response
• backend/populate.py: Shortened AS's seed bloom from 332 to 253 characters to comply with the new limit

Why This Matters

• Blooms are Twitter-inspired and should maintain the 280-character limit
• Without backend validation, users could post oversized blooms via API calls
• AS's seed data now complies with the limit, preventing populate script failures

Testing

• Seed data populates successfully with the corrected bloom length
• Backend validation prevents posting blooms > 280 characters
• Existing shorter blooms are unaffected

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