From 9d45ab4727d682340f0ee23968d4dbc77c14b95b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stuppie
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 14:58:32 -0600
Subject: fix bug in DynataSurvey validation on category_ids

---
 generalresearch/models/dynata/survey.py | 8 ++++----
 pyproject.toml                          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/generalresearch/models/dynata/survey.py b/generalresearch/models/dynata/survey.py
index 6ff397f..035bf0d 100644
--- a/generalresearch/models/dynata/survey.py
+++ b/generalresearch/models/dynata/survey.py
@@ -439,10 +439,10 @@ class DynataSurvey(MarketplaceTask):
         return s
 
     @field_validator("category_ids", mode="before")
-    def split_category_ids(cls, v: object) -> object:
-        if isinstance(v, str):
-            return v.split("|")
-        return v
+    def split_category_ids(cls, value: object) -> object:
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            return value.replace("|", ",").split(",") if value else []
+        return value
 
     @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 291e926..5857cf8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "generalresearch"
-version = "3.9.9"
+version = "4.0.0"
 description = "Python Utilities for General Research"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
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