From f070d2136a6ded1dbf08b0ba424f79eb6b29a8f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@icinga.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 17:18:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that user input for groups is unique on API object
 creation

refs #4732
---
 lib/remote/createobjecthandler.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/remote/createobjecthandler.cpp b/lib/remote/createobjecthandler.cpp
index e3646b3f3..a365ed664 100644
--- a/lib/remote/createobjecthandler.cpp
+++ b/lib/remote/createobjecthandler.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ bool CreateObjectHandler::HandleRequest(const ApiUser::Ptr& user, HttpRequest& r
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Sanity checks for unique groups array. */
+	if (attrs->Contains("groups")) {
+		Array::Ptr groups = attrs->Get("groups");
+
+		if (groups)
+			attrs->Set("groups", groups->Unique());
+	}
+
 	Dictionary::Ptr result1 = new Dictionary();
 	String status;
 	Array::Ptr errors = new Array();