From 71fd7305988aa727a32705c6ca28dc30bf643ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benj Fassbind <randombenj@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:10:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Return an empty array if no tasks are available

All other api endpoints also send empty arrays instead of nil.
Closes #1123
---
 api/task_test.go | 2 +-
 task/list.go     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/task_test.go b/api/task_test.go
index 8cf05c34..59c981a0 100644
--- a/api/task_test.go
+++ b/api/task_test.go
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ func (s *TaskSuite) TestTasksClear(c *C) {
 	c.Check(response.Code, Equals, 200)
 	response, _ = s.HTTPRequest("GET", "/api/tasks", nil)
 	c.Check(response.Code, Equals, 200)
-	c.Check(response.Body.String(), Equals, "null")
+	c.Check(response.Body.String(), Equals, "[]")
 }
diff --git a/task/list.go b/task/list.go
index 472282b7..489986c1 100644
--- a/task/list.go
+++ b/task/list.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewList() *List {
 
 // GetTasks gets complete list of tasks
 func (list *List) GetTasks() []Task {
-	var tasks []Task
+	tasks := []Task{}
 	list.Lock()
 	for _, task := range list.tasks {
 		tasks = append(tasks, *task)