From 1cabbaa3e8c717c7dde8f0f05f242c32571bcfc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miodec <jack@monkeytype.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 21:39:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server): not being able to view profiles which had a dot
 in the name

---
 backend/src/api/routes/users.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts b/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts
index 92c8b0979..bce4515ac 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts
@@ -514,9 +514,13 @@ router.get(
   withApeRateLimiter(RateLimit.userProfileGet),
   validateRequest({
     params: {
-      uidOrName: joi
-        .alternatives()
-        .try(usernameValidation, joi.string().token().max(50)),
+      uidOrName: joi.alternatives().try(
+        joi
+          .string()
+          .regex(/^[\da-zA-Z._-]+$/)
+          .max(16),
+        joi.string().token().max(50)
+      ),
     },
     query: {
       isUid: joi.string().valid("").messages({