Unable to Set a Counter to Zero.

[dorkb0t]

When trying to set a counter to Zero I get the following message.

https://api.counterapi.dev/v1/test/test/set?count=0

{
"code": 400,
"message": "Key: 'SetQuery.Count' Error:Field validation for 'Count' failed on the 'required' tag"
}

I do not have an issue setting a count to 1.

[omegion]

A counter cannot be zero. What is your use case?

[dorkb0t]

I actually built a private scoreboard for a twitch stream I do. It's for my ice hockey games. Technically you can set the score to one and then decrease it by one to make it zero. Which is what I have been doing. My knowledgeable friend sent me the following info The SetQuery struct here (https://github.com/counterapi/api/blob /8d812b7cab3458ef5408f536e13fd4879164277a/pkg/controllers/counter.go #L25) uses a data structure validator from a library called gin-gonic and this thread suggests making the field a pointer instead of direct uint type gin-gonic/gin#737

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[omegion]

Almost, the Count input has a validator numeric which validates the given count input. And for Validator.v8 Zero is not numeric. Therefore, the input fails.