From 3f99d5644d6346df95d0f033823a76785edb7329 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eLBati <elbaddy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:40:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FIX helpdesk_mgmt when disabling "Required Category" in
 portal settings

 - Disable "Required Category" in helpdesk settings
 - Create a ticket by /new/ticket with empty category

Get

File "/mnt/data/odoo-addons-dir/helpdesk_mgmt/controllers/main.py", line 73, in _prepare_submit_ticket_vals
    int(kw.get("category"))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
---
 helpdesk_mgmt/controllers/main.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/helpdesk_mgmt/controllers/main.py b/helpdesk_mgmt/controllers/main.py
index ab772c6883..c9f8fe00a8 100644
--- a/helpdesk_mgmt/controllers/main.py
+++ b/helpdesk_mgmt/controllers/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def create_new_ticket(self, **kw):
 
     def _prepare_submit_ticket_vals(self, **kw):
         category = http.request.env["helpdesk.ticket.category"].browse(
-            int(kw.get("category"))
+            int(kw.get("category") or 0)
         )
         company = category.company_id or http.request.env.company
         vals = {