PLT-7092 Fixed creation of PostList with null Posts fields (#6924)

api/channel.go

@@ -602,16 +602,15 @@ func getMyChannelMembers(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func getPinnedPosts(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	params := mux.Vars(r)
 	channelId := params["channel_id"]
-	posts := &model.PostList{}
 
 	if result := <-app.Srv.Store.Channel().GetPinnedPosts(channelId); result.Err != nil {
 		c.Err = result.Err
 		return
 	} else {
-		posts = result.Data.(*model.PostList)
+		posts := result.Data.(*model.PostList)
+		w.Write([]byte(posts.ToJson()))
 	}
 
-	w.Write([]byte(posts.ToJson()))
 }
 
 func addMember(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

store/sql_channel_store.go

@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func (s SqlChannelStore) GetPinnedPosts(channelId string) StoreChannel {
 
 	go func() {
 		result := StoreResult{}
-		pl := &model.PostList{}
+		pl := model.NewPostList()
 
 		var posts []*model.Post
 		if _, err := s.GetReplica().Select(&posts, "SELECT * FROM Posts WHERE IsPinned = true AND ChannelId = :ChannelId AND DeleteAt = 0 ORDER BY CreateAt ASC", map[string]interface{}{"ChannelId": channelId}); err != nil {

store/sql_post_store.go

@@ -910,8 +910,7 @@ func (s SqlPostStore) Search(teamId string, userId string, params *model.SearchP
 		result := StoreResult{}
 
 		if !*utils.Cfg.ServiceSettings.EnablePostSearch {
-			list := &model.PostList{}
+			list := model.NewPostList()
-			list.MakeNonNil()
 			result.Data = list
 
 			result.Err = model.NewLocAppError("SqlPostStore.Search", "store.sql_post.search.disabled", nil, fmt.Sprintf("teamId=%v userId=%v params=%v", teamId, userId, params.ToJson()))