[QQC-2816] validate project names before creation (#1292)

Author: yesuagg

labelbox/client.py

@@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ def create_project(self, **kwargs) -> Project:
                 "quality_mode must be set instead of auto_audit_percentage or auto_audit_number_of_labels."
             )
 
+        name = kwargs.get("name")
+        if name is None or not name.strip():
+            raise ValueError("project name must be a valid string.")
+
         queue_mode = kwargs.get("queue_mode")
         if queue_mode is QueueMode.Dataset:
             raise ValueError(

tests/integration/test_legacy_project.py

@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@ def test_project_auto_audit_parameters(client, rand_gen):
             "quality_mode must be set instead of auto_audit_percentage or auto_audit_number_of_labels."
     ):
         client.create_project(name=rand_gen(str), auto_audit_number_of_labels=2)
+
+
+def test_project_name_parameter(client, rand_gen):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError,
+                       match="project name must be a valid string."):
+        client.create_project()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError,
+                       match="project name must be a valid string."):
+        client.create_project(name="     ")