From 69f90fb809738a571144a6ba787b0ef7a5338d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jannat Patel <pateljannat2308@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:31:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: assignment upload issue

---
 frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue |  3 ++-
 frontend/src/utils/index.js            | 18 ++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue b/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue
index 80611b05..a521201a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
 							private: true,
 						}"
 						:validateFile="
-							(file) => validateFile(file, assignment.data.type.toLowerCase())
+							(file) =>
+								validateFile(file, true, assignment.data.type.toLowerCase())
 						"
 						@success="(file) => saveSubmission(file)"
 					>
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/index.js b/frontend/src/utils/index.js
index 8b994593..3f828dcf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/index.js
@@ -650,21 +650,19 @@ export const validateFile = async (
 		console.error(msg)
 		return msg
 	}
-	if (!file.type.startsWith(`${fileType}/`)) {
-		return error(__('Only {0} file is allowed.').format(fileType))
-	}
 
-	if (fileType == 'pdf' && extension !== 'pdf') {
+	if (fileType == 'pdf' && extension != 'pdf') {
 		return error(__('Only PDF files are allowed.'))
-	}
-
-	if (fileType == 'document' && !['doc', 'docx'].includes(extension)) {
+	} else if (fileType == 'document' && !['doc', 'docx'].includes(extension)) {
 		return error(
 			__('Only document file of type .doc or .docx are allowed.')
 		)
-	}
-
-	if (file.type === 'image/svg+xml') {
+	} else if (
+		['image', 'video'].includes(fileType) &&
+		!file.type.startsWith(`${fileType}/`)
+	) {
+		return error(__('Only {0} file is allowed.').format(fileType))
+	} else if (file.type === 'image/svg+xml') {
 		const text = await file.text()
 
 		const blacklist = [