my $schema = Koha::Database->new()->schema();
-my $barcode = $cgi->param('barcode');
+my $barcode = $cgi->param('barcode') // '';
my $unseen = $cgi->param('unseen') || 0;
$barcode =~ s/^\s*|\s*$//g; # remove leading/trailing whitespae
$barcode = barcodedecode($barcode) if( $barcode && C4::Context->preference('itemBarcodeInputFilter'));