make "uuid" an optional property

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/hydrilla/server/serve.py b/src/hydrilla/server/serve.py
index bb53c0a..9bcfb93 100644
--- a/src/hydrilla/server/serve.py
+++ b/src/hydrilla/server/serve.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ItemInfo(ABC):
         """Initialize ItemInfo using item definition read from JSON."""
         self.version    = util.normalize_version(item_obj['version'])
         self.identifier = item_obj['identifier']
-        self.uuid       = item_obj['uuid']
+        self.uuid       = item_obj.get('uuid')
         self.long_name  = item_obj['long_name']
 
     def path(self) -> str:
@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ class VersionedItemInfo:
         """
         if self.identifier is None:
             self.identifier = item_info.identifier
+
+        if self.uuid is None:
             self.uuid = item_info.uuid
-        elif self.uuid != item_info.uuid:
+
+        if self.uuid is not None and self.uuid != item_info.uuid:
             raise ValueError(f_('uuid_mismatch_{identifier}')
                              .format(identifier=self.identifier))