From 8f6642d7b5f2fba61dd3f019f0c09ffdbfc5c698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dj Isaac <contact@dejaydev.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 16:50:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: make image_name optional when template_id is
 provided

---
 requirements.txt                    |  2 +-
 runpod/api/ctl_commands.py          |  6 +++++-
 tests/test_api/test_ctl_commands.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fc8a46a5..ba2debde 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ inquirerpy == 0.3.4
 requests >= 2.31.0
 tomli >= 2.0.1
 tomlkit >= 0.12.2
-tqdm-loggable >= 0.1.4
+tqdm-loggable >= 0.2
 urllib3 >= 1.26.6
 watchdog >= 3.0.0
diff --git a/runpod/api/ctl_commands.py b/runpod/api/ctl_commands.py
index 73355cb0..adfe7ff8 100644
--- a/runpod/api/ctl_commands.py
+++ b/runpod/api/ctl_commands.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def get_pod(pod_id: str):
 
 def create_pod(
     name: str,
-    image_name: str,
+    image_name: Optional[str] = "",
     gpu_type_id: Optional[str] = None,
     cloud_type: str = "ALL",
     support_public_ip: bool = True,
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ def create_pod(
     >>> pod_id = runpod.create_pod("test", "runpod/stack", instance_id="cpu3c-2-4")
     """
     # Input Validation
+
+    if not image_name and not template_id:
+        raise ValueError("Either image_name or template_id must be provided")
+
     if gpu_type_id is not None:
         get_gpu(gpu_type_id)  # Check if GPU exists, will raise ValueError if not.
     if cloud_type not in ["ALL", "COMMUNITY", "SECURE"]:
diff --git a/tests/test_api/test_ctl_commands.py b/tests/test_api/test_ctl_commands.py
index a24da44f..2b2e4301 100644
--- a/tests/test_api/test_ctl_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_api/test_ctl_commands.py
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ def test_create_pod(self):
                 "cloud_type must be one of ALL, COMMUNITY or SECURE",
             )
 
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as context:
+                pod = ctl_commands.create_pod(
+                    name="POD_NAME",
+                    gpu_type_id="NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe",
+                    network_volume_id="NETWORK_VOLUME_ID",
+                )
+
+            self.assertEqual(
+                str(context.exception),
+                "Either image_name or template_id must be provided",
+            )
+
     def test_stop_pod(self):
         """
         Test stop_pod

From 4a7b89d85739d01d1757f006f79bc3bf12f96e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dj Isaac <contact@dejaydev.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 16:51:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] revert: downgrade tqdm

---
 requirements.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ba2debde..fc8a46a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ inquirerpy == 0.3.4
 requests >= 2.31.0
 tomli >= 2.0.1
 tomlkit >= 0.12.2
-tqdm-loggable >= 0.2
+tqdm-loggable >= 0.1.4
 urllib3 >= 1.26.6
 watchdog >= 3.0.0