From 6cf9b5c3e48c19dfd96d04c38ebe12a7d0552c17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sanj <67624670+iodrift@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 05:25:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-update: Thu Aug  8 05:25:50 PDT 2024

---
 sijapi/utilities.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sijapi/utilities.py b/sijapi/utilities.py
index 5b1182e..80e3f4f 100644
--- a/sijapi/utilities.py
+++ b/sijapi/utilities.py
@@ -237,10 +237,16 @@ def sanitize_filename(text, extension: str = None, max_length: int = MAX_PATH_LE
     """Sanitize a string to be used as a safe filename while protecting the file extension."""
     debug(f"Filename before sanitization: {text}")
 
+    # Ensure text is a string
+    text = str(text)
+
     text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', text)
     sanitized = re.sub(ALLOWED_FILENAME_CHARS, '', text)
     sanitized = sanitized.strip()
-    base_name, extension = os.path.splitext(sanitized)
+    base_name, file_extension = os.path.splitext(sanitized)
+
+    # Use the provided extension if given, otherwise use the original
+    extension = extension or file_extension
 
     max_base_length = max_length - len(extension)
     if len(base_name) > max_base_length:
@@ -251,6 +257,7 @@ def sanitize_filename(text, extension: str = None, max_length: int = MAX_PATH_LE
     return final_filename
 
 
+
 def check_file_name(file_name, max_length=255):
     """Check if the file name needs sanitization based on the criteria of the second sanitize_filename function."""