Pulp

Whoever fixes this should have a look at webservices/views/content OrphanCollectionView.delete to see how this should be done.

Sample of how to trigger the issue:

(pulp-smash3) [ichimonji10@beech:pulp-smash]$ git diff
diff --git a/pulp_smash/tests/rpm/api_v2/test_orphan_remove.py b/pulp_smash/tests/rpm/api_v2/test_orphan_remove.py
index af75b80..65d3b52 100644
--- a/pulp_smash/tests/rpm/api_v2/test_orphan_remove.py
+++ b/pulp_smash/tests/rpm/api_v2/test_orphan_remove.py
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ class OrphansTestCase(utils.BaseAPITestCase):

         This test exercises `Pulp #1923 <https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1923>`_.
         """
-        if selectors.bug_is_untestable(1923, self.cfg.version):
-            self.skipTest('https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1923')
+        # if selectors.bug_is_untestable(1923, self.cfg.version):
+        #     self.skipTest('https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1923')
         client = api.Client(self.cfg, api.json_handler)
         orphans_pre = client.get(ORPHANS_PATH)
         orphan = random.choice(client.get(urljoin(ORPHANS_PATH, 'erratum/')))
(pulp-smash3) [ichimonji10@beech:pulp-smash]$ python -m unittest2 pulp_smash.tests.rpm.api_v2.test_orphan_remove
...E..
======================================================================
ERROR: test_02_delete_by_type_and_id (pulp_smash.tests.rpm.api_v2.test_orphan_remove.OrphansTestCase)
Delete an orphan by its ID and type.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ichimonji10/code/pulp-smash/pulp_smash/tests/rpm/api_v2/test_orphan_remove.py", line 146, in test_02_delete_by_type_and_id
    'unit_id': orphan['_id'],
  File "/home/ichimonji10/code/pulp-smash/pulp_smash/api.py", line 281, in post
    return self.request('POST', url, json=json, **kwargs)
  File "/home/ichimonji10/code/pulp-smash/pulp_smash/api.py", line 319, in request
    requests.request(method, **request_kwargs),
  File "/home/ichimonji10/code/pulp-smash/pulp_smash/api.py", line 120, in json_handler
    _handle_202(server_config, response)
  File "/home/ichimonji10/code/pulp-smash/pulp_smash/api.py", line 86, in _handle_202
    _check_tasks(tasks)
  File "/home/ichimonji10/code/pulp-smash/pulp_smash/api.py", line 76, in _check_tasks
    raise exceptions.TaskReportError(msg)
pulp_smash.exceptions.TaskReportError: Task report /pulp/api/v2/tasks/20e6758b-b869-47c8-a10a-7fc284f40f4e/ contains a error: {'data': {'property_names': ['content_type_id', 'unit_id'], 'properties': "['content_type_id', 'unit_id']"}, 'code': 'PLP0015', 'sub_errors': [], 'description': "Invalid properties: ['content_type_id', 'unit_id']"}
Full task report: {'progress_report': {}, '_id': {'$oid': '573f2e04e64aa79aacd7647a'}, 'tags': ['pulp:action:delete_orphans', 'pulp:content_unit:orphans'], 'id': '573f2e04e64aa79aacd7647a', 'worker_name': 'celery', 'queue': 'celery.dq', 'task_type': 'pulp.server.managers.content.orphan.delete_orphans_by_id', 'traceback': 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/celery/app/trace.py", line 240, in trace_task\n    R = retval = fun(*args, **kwargs)\n  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/async/tasks.py", line 473, in __call__\n    return super(Task, self).__call__(*args, **kwargs)\n  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/async/tasks.py", line 103, in __call__\n    return super(PulpTask, self).__call__(*args, **kwargs)\n  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/celery/app/trace.py", line 437, in __protected_call__\n    return self.run(*args, **kwargs)\n  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/managers/content/orphan.py", line 191, in delete_orphans_by_id\n    raise pulp_exceptions.InvalidValue([\'content_type_id\', \'unit_id\'])\nInvalidValue: Invalid properties: [\'content_type_id\', \'unit_id\']\n', '_ns': 'task_status', 'spawned_tasks': [], 'finish_time': '2016-05-20T15:32:20Z', 'exception': None, '_href': '/pulp/api/v2/tasks/20e6758b-b869-47c8-a10a-7fc284f40f4e/', 'task_id': '20e6758b-b869-47c8-a10a-7fc284f40f4e', 'state': 'error', 'error': {'data': {'property_names': ['content_type_id', 'unit_id'], 'properties': "['content_type_id', 'unit_id']"}, 'code': 'PLP0015', 'sub_errors': [], 'description': "Invalid properties: ['content_type_id', 'unit_id']"}, 'result': None, 'start_time': '2016-05-20T15:32:20Z'}

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Ran 6 tests in 34.984s

FAILED (errors=1)

Here's the properly formatted traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/celery/app/trace.py", line 240, in trace_task
    R = retval = fun(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/async/tasks.py", line 473, in __call__
    return super(Task, self).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/async/tasks.py", line 103, in __call__
    return super(PulpTask, self).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/celery/app/trace.py", line 437, in __protected_call__
    return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/managers/content/orphan.py", line 191, in delete_orphans_by_id
    raise pulp_exceptions.InvalidValue(['content_type_id', 'unit_id'])
InvalidValue: Invalid properties: ['content_type_id', 'unit_id']

According to the API documentation [1] the posted document needs to be an Array.
Reproduced by calling with the document being a dictionary instead of a list. When called correctly, it seems to work.

[jortel@f23d ~]$ curl -X POST -k -H "Content-Type: application/json"  https://admin:admin@localhost/pulp/api/v2/content/actions/delete_orphans/  -d "[{\"content_type_id\": \"erratum\", \"unit_id\": \"abc123\"}]"
{"spawned_tasks": [{"_href": "/pulp/api/v2/tasks/32592408-1bf1-4ad0-8d33-5f7fd4e38f05/", "task_id": "32592408-1bf1-4ad0-8d33-5f7fd4e38f05"}], "result": null, "error": nullpulp-admin tasks details --task-id=32592408-1bf1-4ad0-8d33-5f7fd4e38f05
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
                              Task Details
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+

Operations:       delete_orphans
Resources:        orphans (content_unit)
State:            Successful
Start Time:       2016-05-20T20:55:25Z
Finish Time:      2016-05-20T20:55:25Z
Result:           N/A
Task Id:          32592408-1bf1-4ad0-8d33-5f7fd4e38f05
Progress Report:

1. http://pulp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev-guide/integration/rest-api/content/orphan.html#remove-orphaned-content-units-by-type-and-id

/me facepalms

https://github.com/PulpQE/pulp-smash/pull/272

This issue can be marked as NOTABUG.