From d1a23041b9c561ac28c103b85cfed8d56c7cfeec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dushyant Bhalgami <dushyantbhalgami@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:30:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fixed issue with v5 groups api

---
 .../services/view/action/contest/launch/GetContestAction.java   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/action/contest/launch/GetContestAction.java b/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/action/contest/launch/GetContestAction.java
index d1c95484a..6d2430238 100644
--- a/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/action/contest/launch/GetContestAction.java
+++ b/src/java/main/com/topcoder/direct/services/view/action/contest/launch/GetContestAction.java
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ protected void executeAction() throws Exception {
         List<ProjectGroup> projectGroups = DirectUtils.getGroupIdAndName(
                 softwareCompetition.getProjectHeader().getGroups());
 
-        if (this.type == TYPE.CONTEST_JSON) {
+        if (projectGroups != null && this.type == TYPE.CONTEST_JSON) {
             // get v5 id of groups
             Set<Map<String, String>> projectGroupUser = DirectUtils.getGroups(DirectUtils.getTCSubjectFromSession(),
                     userGroupsApiEndpoint);