From 01f1b838108da5b01dc2421913283dc09528da0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Mallinger <bernhard.mallinger@eox.at>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:56:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle missing 'example' in describe_processes

Fixes #1424
---
 pygeoapi/api.py   |  2 +-
 tests/test_api.py | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pygeoapi/api.py b/pygeoapi/api.py
index c1b924c18..fa7cf90b5 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api.py
@@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ def describe_processes(self, request: Union[APIRequest, Any],
                 if process is None:
                     p2.pop('inputs')
                     p2.pop('outputs')
-                    p2.pop('example')
+                    p2.pop('example', None)
 
                 p2['jobControlOptions'] = ['sync-execute']
                 if self.manager.is_async:
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index cd6070ad2..e92973076 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1633,6 +1633,16 @@ def test_describe_processes(config, api_):
     assert data['code'] == 'NoSuchProcess'
     assert rsp_headers['Content-Type'] == FORMAT_TYPES[F_JSON]
 
+    # Test describe doesn't crash if example is missing
+    req = mock_request()
+    processor = api_.manager.get_processor("hello-world")
+    example = processor.metadata.pop("example")
+    rsp_headers, code, response = api_.describe_processes(req)
+    processor.metadata['example'] = example
+    data = json.loads(response)
+    assert code == HTTPStatus.OK
+    assert len(data['processes']) == 2
+
 
 def test_execute_process(config, api_):
     req_body_0 = {