Fix: correctly handle dict data with webhook (#9674)

docs/changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## paperless-ngx 2.15.2
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+-   Fix: Adds better handling during folder checking/creation/permissions for non-root [@stumpylog](https://github.com/stumpylog) ([#9616](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9616))
+-   Fix: Explicitly set the HOME environment to resolve issues running as root with database certificates [@stumpylog](https://github.com/stumpylog) ([#9643](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9643))
+-   Fix: prevent self-linking when bulk edit doc link [@shamoon](https://github.com/shamoon) ([#9629](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9629))
+
+### Dependencies
+
+-   Chore: Bump celery to 5.5.1 [@hannesortmeier](https://github.com/hannesortmeier) ([#9642](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9642))
+
+### All App Changes
+
+<details>
+<summary>4 changes</summary>
+
+-   Tweak: consistently use created date when displaying doc in list [@shamoon](https://github.com/shamoon) ([#9651](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9651))
+-   Fix: Adds better handling during folder checking/creation/permissions for non-root [@stumpylog](https://github.com/stumpylog) ([#9616](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9616))
+-   Fix: Explicitly set the HOME environment to resolve issues running as root with database certificates [@stumpylog](https://github.com/stumpylog) ([#9643](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9643))
+-   Fix: prevent self-linking when bulk edit doc link [@shamoon](https://github.com/shamoon) ([#9629](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/9629))
+</details>
+
 ## paperless-ngx 2.15.1
 
 ### Bug Fixes

docs/configuration.md

@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ started by the container.
 
 ## Email sending
 
-Setting an SMTP server for the backend will allow you to reset your
+Setting an SMTP server for the backend will allow you to use the Email workflow action, send documents from the UI as well as reset your
 password. All of these options come from their similarly-named [Django settings](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#email-host)
 
 #### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST}

src/documents/signals/handlers.py

@@ -622,20 +622,30 @@ def send_webhook(
     as_json: bool = False,
 ):
     try:
+        post_args = {
+            "url": url,
+            "headers": headers,
+            "files": files,
+        }
         if as_json:
-            httpx.post(
+            post_args["json"] = data
-                url,
+        elif isinstance(data, dict):
-                json=data,
+            post_args["data"] = data
-                files=files,
-                headers=headers,
-            ).raise_for_status()
         else:
-            httpx.post(
+            post_args["content"] = data
-                url,
+
-                content=data,
+        httpx.post(
-                files=files,
+            **post_args,
-                headers=headers,
+        ).raise_for_status()
-            ).raise_for_status()
+        logger.info(
+            f"Webhook sent to {url}",
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(
+            f"Failed attempt sending webhook to {url}: {e}",
+        )
+        raise e
+
         logger.info(
             f"Webhook sent to {url}",
         )

src/documents/tests/test_workflows.py

@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
             )
 
             mock_post.assert_called_once_with(
-                "http://paperless-ngx.com",
+                url="http://paperless-ngx.com",
                 content="Test message",
                 headers={},
                 files=None,
@@ -2623,6 +2623,20 @@ class TestWorkflows(
             expected_str = "Webhook sent to http://paperless-ngx.com"
             self.assertIn(expected_str, cm.output[0])
 
+            # with dict
+            send_webhook(
+                url="http://paperless-ngx.com",
+                data={"message": "Test message"},
+                headers={},
+                files=None,
+            )
+            mock_post.assert_called_with(
+                url="http://paperless-ngx.com",
+                data={"message": "Test message"},
+                headers={},
+                files=None,
+            )
+
     @mock.patch("httpx.post")
     def test_workflow_webhook_send_webhook_retry(self, mock_http):
         mock_http.return_value.raise_for_status = mock.Mock(