From c6529c0d77dbc48b3ae8d8ce18b74dd5476deb7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Byrne <cbyrne@comfy.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:17:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] don't validate string inputs with VALIDATE_INPUTS (#8508)

---
 comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py | 29 ++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py b/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py
index 01056470..d93fbd77 100644
--- a/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py
+++ b/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py
@@ -346,20 +346,6 @@ class FluxKontextProImageNode(ComfyNodeABC):
             },
         }
 
-    @classmethod
-    def VALIDATE_INPUTS(cls, aspect_ratio: str):
-        try:
-            validate_aspect_ratio(
-                aspect_ratio,
-                minimum_ratio=cls.MINIMUM_RATIO,
-                maximum_ratio=cls.MAXIMUM_RATIO,
-                minimum_ratio_str=cls.MINIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-                maximum_ratio_str=cls.MAXIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            return str(e)
-        return True
-
     RETURN_TYPES = (IO.IMAGE,)
     DESCRIPTION = cleandoc(__doc__ or "")  # Handle potential None value
     FUNCTION = "api_call"
@@ -380,6 +366,13 @@ class FluxKontextProImageNode(ComfyNodeABC):
         unique_id: Union[str, None] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
+        aspect_ratio = validate_aspect_ratio(
+            aspect_ratio,
+            minimum_ratio=self.MINIMUM_RATIO,
+            maximum_ratio=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO,
+            minimum_ratio_str=self.MINIMUM_RATIO_STR,
+            maximum_ratio_str=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO_STR,
+        )
         if input_image is None:
             validate_string(prompt, strip_whitespace=False)
         operation = SynchronousOperation(
@@ -395,13 +388,7 @@ class FluxKontextProImageNode(ComfyNodeABC):
                 guidance=round(guidance, 1),
                 steps=steps,
                 seed=seed,
-                aspect_ratio=validate_aspect_ratio(
-                    aspect_ratio,
-                    minimum_ratio=self.MINIMUM_RATIO,
-                    maximum_ratio=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO,
-                    minimum_ratio_str=self.MINIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-                    maximum_ratio_str=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-                ),
+                aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio,
                 input_image=(
                     input_image
                     if input_image is None