From 6afc93324b85f7042017be932e0688ae7e86f094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejas Saubhage <tsaubhage0007@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:17:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix SonarQube API: raise clear error when project_name is
 None fixes #13959

---
 dojo/tools/api_sonarqube/api_client.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dojo/tools/api_sonarqube/api_client.py b/dojo/tools/api_sonarqube/api_client.py
index 91a7673c812..ee248a1983b 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/api_sonarqube/api_client.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/api_sonarqube/api_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from requests.exceptions import JSONDecodeError as RequestsJSONDecodeError
 
 from dojo.utils import prepare_for_view
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ def find_project(self, project_name, organization=None, branch=None):
         :param project_name:
         :return:
         """
+        if not project_name:
+            msg = "Project name is required. Please provide a Service Key 1 or ensure the Product name is set."
+            raise ValidationError(msg)
         parameters = {"q": project_name, "qualifiers": "TRK"}
 
         if branch: