From 6d998881ecfb37996478c063968f5fb0855f7c27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate McIntosh <natemcintosh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 15:05:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use an empty string if NULL

---
 R/pipeline.R | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/R/pipeline.R b/R/pipeline.R
index 8cbc241..25f4ae1 100644
--- a/R/pipeline.R
+++ b/R/pipeline.R
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ execute_model_logic <- function(config, output_dir) {
   metadata <- list(
     job_id = config[["job_id"]],
     task_id = config[["task_id"]],
-    data_path = config[["data"]][["path"]],
+    data_path = ifelse(
+      # is_empty checks for NULL and empty data structures
+      rlang::is_empty(config[["data"]][["path"]]),
+      config[["data"]][["path"]], ""
+    ),
     model = config[["model"]],
     disease = config[["disease"]],
     geo_value = config[["geo_value"]],