fix: Relax input validation for get_components_by_external_id() and get_releases_by_external_id()

Author: tngraf

ChangeLog.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 # SW360 Base Library for Python
 
+## V1.11.1
+
+* Relax input validation for `get_components_by_external_id()` and `get_releases_by_external_id()`.
+
 ## V1.11.0
 
 * Update dependencies to fix CVE-2026-21441 in urllib3.

sw360/components.py

@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ def get_components_by_external_id(self, ext_id_name: str, ext_id_value: str = ""
         if not ext_id_name:
             raise SW360Error(message="No external id name provided!")
 
-        if not ext_id_value:
-            raise SW360Error(message="No external id value provided!")
-
         resp = self.api_get(
             self.url
             + "resource/api/components/searchByExternalIds?"

sw360/releases.py

@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ def get_releases_by_external_id(self, ext_id_name: str, ext_id_value: str = "")
         if not ext_id_name:
             raise SW360Error(message="No external id name provided!")
 
-        if not ext_id_value:
-            raise SW360Error(message="No external id value provided!")
-
         resp = self.api_get(
             self.url
             + "resource/api/releases/searchByExternalIds?"