From 46aabe0f399c1eadd29d4dedf5943444f6dc026c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Hodgson <jay.hodgson@sagebase.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:03:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] continue to pass null if param is not set

---
 .../web/client/presenter/ChatPresenter.java        | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/web/client/presenter/ChatPresenter.java b/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/web/client/presenter/ChatPresenter.java
index f5f3fb4f5d..5d3ac0e55c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/web/client/presenter/ChatPresenter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/web/client/presenter/ChatPresenter.java
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ public void start(AcceptsOneWidget panel, EventBus eventBus) {
   public void setPlace(ChatPlace place) {
     this.place = place;
     // SWC-7109: Decode place parameters
-    String initialMessage = gwt.decodeQueryString(
-      place.getParam(ChatPlace.INITIAL_MESSAGE)
-    );
+    String initialMessage = place.getParam(ChatPlace.INITIAL_MESSAGE);
+    if (initialMessage != null) {
+      initialMessage = gwt.decodeQueryString(initialMessage);
+    }
     String agentId = place.getParam(ChatPlace.AGENT_ID);
-    String chatbotName = gwt.decodeQueryString(
-      place.getParam(ChatPlace.CHATBOT_NAME)
-    );
+    String chatbotName = place.getParam(ChatPlace.CHATBOT_NAME);
+    if (chatbotName != null) {
+      chatbotName = gwt.decodeQueryString(chatbotName);
+    }
 
     view.render(initialMessage, agentId, chatbotName);
   }