Method addChannel

frontend/src/api.js:574–626

(channel)

  }

  static async addChannel(channel) {
    try {
      let body = null;
      // Prepare a copy to safely mutate
      const channelData = { ...channel };

      // Remove channel_number if empty, null, or not a valid number
      if (
        channelData.channel_number === '' ||
        channelData.channel_number === null ||
        channelData.channel_number === undefined ||
        (typeof channelData.channel_number === 'string' &&
          channelData.channel_number.trim() === '')
      ) {
        delete channelData.channel_number;
      }

      // Add channel profile IDs based on current selection
      const selectedProfileId = useChannelsStore.getState().selectedProfileId;
      if (selectedProfileId && selectedProfileId !== '0') {
        // Specific profile selected - add only to that profile
        channelData.channel_profile_ids = [parseInt(selectedProfileId)];
      }
      // If selectedProfileId is '0' or not set, don't include channel_profile_ids
      // which will trigger the backend's default behavior of adding to all profiles

      if (channel.logo_file) {
        // Must send FormData for file upload
        body = new FormData();
        for (const prop in channelData) {
          body.append(prop, channelData[prop]);
        }
      } else {
        body = { ...channelData };
        delete body.logo_file;
      }

      const response = await request(`${host}/api/channels/channels/`, {
        method: 'POST',
        body: body,
      });

      API.getLogos();

      if (response.id) {
        useChannelsStore.getState().addChannel(response);
      }

      return response;
    } catch (e) {
      errorNotification('Failed to create channel', e);
    }
  }

  static async deleteChannel(id) {
    try {