limit matching options in serializer

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diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index 44a764a4fe33d1d59b19e6edbcab81d80a35d566..5c0a62f3287d610240d2550574447383d14e8499 100644 (file)
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -670,6 +670,19 @@ class CustomFieldSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer, serializers.ModelSerializer
             raise serializers.ValidationError(
                 {"error": "extra_data.default_currency must be a 3-character string"},
             )
+        if (
+            "matching_algorithm" in attrs
+            and attrs["matching_algorithm"] != CustomField.MATCH_REGEX
+            and "data_type" in attrs
+            and attrs["data_type"]
+            not in [
+                CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT,
+                CustomField.FieldDataType.BOOL,
+            ]
+        ):
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                {"error": "Only discrete data types support matching"},
+            )
         return super().validate(attrs)
 
     def to_internal_value(self, data):