Persist as object instead of array

packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/crud.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   CreateRowActionRequest,
   Ctx,
+  RowActionResponse,
   RowActionsResponse,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export async function find(ctx: Ctx<void, RowActionsResponse>) {
   if (!(await sdk.rowActions.docExists(table._id!))) {
     ctx.body = {
       tableId: table._id!,
-      actions: [],
+      actions: {},
     }
     return
   }
@@ -33,15 +34,19 @@ export async function find(ctx: Ctx<void, RowActionsResponse>) {
 }
 
 export async function create(
-  ctx: Ctx<CreateRowActionRequest, RowActionsResponse>
+  ctx: Ctx<CreateRowActionRequest, RowActionResponse>
 ) {
   const table = await getTable(ctx)
 
-  const created = await sdk.rowActions.create(table._id!, ctx.request.body)
+  const { id, ...createdAction } = await sdk.rowActions.create(
+    table._id!,
+    ctx.request.body
+  )
 
   ctx.body = {
     tableId: table._id!,
-    ...created,
+    actionId: id,
+    ...createdAction,
   }
   ctx.status = 201
 }

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import _ from "lodash"
 import tk from "timekeeper"
 
-import { CreateRowActionRequest } from "@budibase/types"
+import { CreateRowActionRequest, RowActionResponse } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as setup from "./utilities"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import { Expectations } from "src/tests/utilities/api/base"
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
     }
   }
 
+  function createRowActionRequests(count: number): CreateRowActionRequest[] {
+    return generator
+      .unique(() => generator.word(), count)
+      .map(name => ({ name }))
+  }
+
   function unauthorisedTests() {
     it("returns unauthorised (401) for unauthenticated requests", async () => {
       await createRowAction(
@@ -84,83 +90,47 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
 
     it("creates new row actions for tables without existing actions", async () => {
       const rowAction = createRowActionRequest()
-
-      const res = await createRowAction(tableId, rowAction, { status: 201 })
+      const res = await createRowAction(tableId, rowAction, {
+        status: 201,
+      })
 
       expect(res).toEqual({
+        tableId: tableId,
+        actionId: expect.stringMatching(/^row_action_\w+/),
+        ...rowAction,
+      })
+
+      expect(await config.api.rowAction.find(tableId)).toEqual({
         _id: `ra_${tableId}`,
         _rev: expect.stringMatching(/^1-\w+/),
-        actions: [
-          {
-            id: expect.any(String),
-            name: rowAction.name,
-          },
-        ],
         tableId: tableId,
+        actions: {
+          [res.actionId]: rowAction,
+        },
         createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
         updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
       })
     })
 
     it("can create multiple row actions for the same table", async () => {
-      const rowActions = generator.unique(() => createRowActionRequest(), 3)
+      const rowActions = createRowActionRequests(3)
+      const responses: RowActionResponse[] = []
+      for (const action of rowActions) {
+        responses.push(await createRowAction(tableId, action))
+      }
 
-      await createRowAction(tableId, rowActions[0])
-      await createRowAction(tableId, rowActions[1])
-      const res = await createRowAction(tableId, rowActions[2])
-
-      expect(res).toEqual({
+      expect(await config.api.rowAction.find(tableId)).toEqual({
         _id: `ra_${tableId}`,
         _rev: expect.stringMatching(/^3-\w+/),
-        actions: rowActions.map(a => ({
-          id: expect.any(String),
-          ...a,
-        })),
-        tableId: tableId,
-        createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-        updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-      })
-    })
-
-    it("can create row actions for different tables", async () => {
-      const otherTable = await config.api.table.save(
-        setup.structures.basicTable()
-      )
-      const otherTableId = otherTable._id!
-
-      const rowAction1 = createRowActionRequest()
-      const rowAction2 = createRowActionRequest()
-
-      const res1 = await createRowAction(tableId, rowAction1)
-      const res2 = await createRowAction(otherTableId, rowAction2)
-
-      expect(res1).toEqual({
-        _id: `ra_${tableId}`,
-        _rev: expect.stringMatching(/^1-\w+/),
-        actions: [
-          {
-            id: expect.any(String),
-            ...rowAction1,
+        actions: {
+          [responses[0].actionId]: rowActions[0],
+          [responses[1].actionId]: rowActions[1],
+          [responses[2].actionId]: rowActions[2],
         },
-        ],
         tableId: tableId,
         createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
         updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
       })
-
-      expect(res2).toEqual({
-        _id: `ra_${otherTableId}`,
-        _rev: expect.stringMatching(/^1-\w+/),
-        actions: [
-          {
-            id: expect.any(String),
-            ...rowAction2,
-          },
-        ],
-        tableId: otherTableId,
-        createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-        updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-      })
     })
 
     it("rejects with bad request when creating with no name", async () => {
@@ -181,25 +151,25 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
     unauthorisedTests()
 
     it("returns only the actions for the requested table", async () => {
-      const rowActions = generator.unique(() => createRowActionRequest(), 5)
-      for (const rowAction of rowActions) {
-        await createRowAction(tableId, rowAction)
+      const rowActions: RowActionResponse[] = []
+      for (const action of createRowActionRequests(3)) {
+        rowActions.push(await createRowAction(tableId, action))
       }
 
       const otherTable = await config.api.table.save(
         setup.structures.basicTable()
       )
-      const otherTableId = otherTable._id!
-      await createRowAction(otherTableId, createRowActionRequest())
+      await createRowAction(otherTable._id!, createRowActionRequest())
 
       const response = await config.api.rowAction.find(tableId)
       expect(response).toEqual(
         expect.objectContaining({
           tableId,
-          actions: rowActions.map(a => ({
-            id: expect.any(String),
-            ...a,
-          })),
+          actions: {
+            [rowActions[0].actionId]: expect.any(Object),
+            [rowActions[1].actionId]: expect.any(Object),
+            [rowActions[2].actionId]: expect.any(Object),
+          },
         })
       )
     })
@@ -209,7 +179,7 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
       expect(response).toEqual(
         expect.objectContaining({
           tableId,
-          actions: [],
+          actions: {},
         })
       )
     })

packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { context, utils } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 import { generateRowActionsID } from "../../db/utils"
-import { TableRowActions } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  SEPARATOR,
+  TableRowActions,
+  VirtualDocumentType,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function create(tableId: string, rowAction: { name: string }) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
@@ -14,16 +18,17 @@ export async function create(tableId: string, rowAction: { name: string }) {
       throw e
     }
 
-    doc = { _id: rowActionsId, actions: [] }
+    doc = { _id: rowActionsId, actions: {} }
   }
 
-  doc.actions.push({
-    id: utils.newid(),
-    ...rowAction,
-  })
+  const newId = `${VirtualDocumentType.ROW_ACTION}${SEPARATOR}${utils.newid()}`
+  doc.actions[newId] = rowAction
   await db.put(doc)
 
-  return await get(tableId)
+  return {
+    id: newId,
+    ...rowAction,
+  }
 }
 
 export async function get(tableId: string) {

packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/rowAction.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { CreateRowActionRequest, RowActionsResponse } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  CreateRowActionRequest,
+  RowActionResponse,
+  RowActionsResponse,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import { Expectations, TestAPI } from "./base"
 
 export class RowActionAPI extends TestAPI {
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@ export class RowActionAPI extends TestAPI {
     expectations?: Expectations,
     config?: { publicUser?: boolean }
   ) => {
-    return await this._post<RowActionsResponse>(
+    return await this._post<RowActionResponse>(
       `/api/tables/${tableId}/actions`,
       {
         body: rowAction,

packages/types/src/api/web/app/rowAction.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-export interface CreateRowActionRequest {
-  name: string
+export interface CreateRowActionRequest extends RowActionData {}
+
+export interface RowActionResponse extends RowActionData {
+  tableId: string
+  actionId: string
 }
 
 export interface RowActionsResponse {
   tableId: string
-  actions: {
-    id: string
-    name: string
-  }[]
+  actions: Record<string, RowActionData>
+}
+
+interface RowActionData {
+  name: string
 }

packages/types/src/documents/app/index.ts

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ export * from "./links"
 export * from "./component"
 export * from "./sqlite"
 export * from "./snippet"
-export * from "./rowActions"
+export * from "./rowAction"

packages/types/src/documents/app/rowAction.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import { Document } from "../document"
 
 export interface TableRowActions extends Document {
   _id: string
-  actions: {
-    id: string
+  actions: Record<
+    string,
+    {
       name: string
-  }[]
+    }
+  >
 }

packages/types/src/documents/document.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export enum InternalTable {
 // documents or enriched into existence as part of get requests
 export enum VirtualDocumentType {
   VIEW = "view",
+  ROW_ACTION = "row_action",
 }
 
 export interface Document {