minor fixes

automad/src/client/admin/components/Forms/SharedComponentsForm.ts

@@ -72,10 +72,20 @@ export class SharedComponentsFormComponent extends FormComponent {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This is false until the first request was made and the store components are rendered
+	 * in order to prevent submitting an empty form and therefore deleting the components store.
+	 */
+	private isInitialized = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * The form data object.
 	 */
 	get formData(): KeyValueMap {
+		if (!this.isInitialized) {
+			return {};
+		}
+
 		const componentEditors = queryAll<SharedComponentEditorComponent>(
 			SharedComponentEditorComponent.TAG_NAME,
 			this
@@ -166,6 +176,8 @@ export class SharedComponentsFormComponent extends FormComponent {
 					this.submit();
 				},
 			});
+
+			this.isInitialized = true;
 		}
 
 		fire(EventName.contentSaved);

automad/src/server/Controllers/API/SharedComponentController.php

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public static function data(): Response {
 		$components = Request::post('components');
 		$SharedComponentStore = new SharedComponentStore();
 
-		if (!empty($components) && is_array($components)) {
+		if (isset($components) && is_array($components)) {
 			if ($SharedComponentStore->setState(PublicationState::DRAFT, array('components' => $components))->save()) {
 				return $Response;
 			}

shared/components

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "draft": []
+}
+