From 5b58b66b2b91688197fb064a410ff411313d7e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:22:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: by_name returns None when name not found offline

- by_name: use empty list default so missing names return None without TypeError

Fixes #130

Signed-off-by: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 fairgraph/kgobject.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fairgraph/kgobject.py b/fairgraph/kgobject.py
index 1108d0fa..6c6cc40a 100644
--- a/fairgraph/kgobject.py
+++ b/fairgraph/kgobject.py
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ def by_name(
                         else:
                             cls._instance_lookup[key] = [instance]
             if match == "equals":
-                objects = cls._instance_lookup.get(name, None)
+                objects = cls._instance_lookup.get(name) or []
             elif match == "contains":
                 objects = []
                 for key, instances in cls._instance_lookup.items():