Changing relationship system around a little, to not work with fieldNames anymore in the view and simplifying quite a few of the update systems.

packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ exports.find = async function(ctx) {
     ctx.throw(400, "Supplied modelId does not match the records modelId")
     return
   }
-  ctx.body = await linkRecords.attachLinkInfoSingleRecord(instanceId, record)
+  ctx.body = await linkRecords.attachLinkInfo(instanceId, record)
 }
 
 exports.destroy = async function(ctx) {
@@ -222,11 +222,10 @@ async function validate({ instanceId, modelId, record, model }) {
   return { valid: Object.keys(errors).length === 0, errors }
 }
 
-exports.fetchLinkedRecords = async function(ctx) {
+exports.fetchEnrichedRecord = async function(ctx) {
   const instanceId = ctx.user.instanceId
   const db = new CouchDB(instanceId)
   const modelId = ctx.params.modelId
-  const fieldName = ctx.params.fieldName
   const recordId = ctx.params.recordId
   if (instanceId == null || modelId == null || recordId == null) {
     ctx.status = 400
@@ -237,18 +236,35 @@ exports.fetchLinkedRecords = async function(ctx) {
     }
     return
   }
+  // // need model to work out where links go in record
+  const modelAndRecord = await Promise.all([db.get(modelId), db.get(recordId)])
+  const model = modelAndRecord[0]
+  const record = modelAndRecord[1]
   // get the link docs
-  const linkDocIds = await linkRecords.getLinkDocuments({
+  const linkVals = await linkRecords.getLinkDocuments({
     instanceId,
     modelId,
-    fieldName,
     recordId,
   })
-  // now get the docs from the all docs index
+  // look up the actual records based on the ids
   const response = await db.allDocs({
     include_docs: true,
-    keys: linkDocIds,
+    keys: linkVals.map(linkVal => linkVal.id),
   })
-  ctx.body = response.rows.map(row => row.doc)
+  // need to include the IDs in these records for any links they may have
+  let linkedRecords = await linkRecords.attachLinkInfo(
+    instanceId,
+    response.rows.map(row => row.doc)
+  )
+  // insert the link records in the correct place throughout the main record
+  for (let fieldName of Object.keys(model.schema)) {
+    let field = model.schema[fieldName]
+    if (field.type === "link") {
+      record[fieldName] = linkedRecords.filter(
+        linkRecord => linkRecord.modelId === field.modelId
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  ctx.body = record
   ctx.status = 200
 }

packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js

@@ -7,14 +7,9 @@ const router = Router()
 
 router
   .get(
-    "/api/:modelId/:recordId/:fieldName/links",
+    "/api/:modelId/:recordId/enrich",
     authorized(READ_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
-    recordController.fetchLinkedRecords
+    recordController.fetchEnrichedRecord
-  )
-  .get(
-    "/api/:modelId/:recordId/links",
-    authorized(READ_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
-    recordController.fetchLinkedRecords
   )
   .get(
     "/api/:modelId/records",

packages/server/src/db/linkedRecords/LinkController.js

@@ -79,13 +79,12 @@ class LinkController {
   /**
    * Utility function for main getLinkDocuments function - refer to it for functionality.
    */
-  getLinkDocs(includeDocs, fieldName = null, recordId = null) {
+  getLinkDocs(recordId = null) {
     return linkedRecords.getLinkDocuments({
       instanceId: this._instanceId,
       modelId: this._modelId,
-      fieldName,
       recordId,
-      includeDocs,
+      includeDocs: false,
     })
   }
 
@@ -101,6 +100,8 @@ class LinkController {
     const model = await this.model()
     const record = this._record
     const operations = []
+    // get link docs to compare against
+    const linkVals = await this.getLinkDocs(record._id)
     for (let fieldName of Object.keys(model.schema)) {
       // get the links this record wants to make
       const recordField = record[fieldName]
@@ -110,8 +111,11 @@ class LinkController {
         recordField != null &&
         recordField.length !== 0
       ) {
-        // get link docs to compare against
+        // check which links actual pertain to the update in this record
-        const linkDocIds = await this.getLinkDocs(false, fieldName, record._id)
+        let linkDocIds = linkVals.filter(
+          linkVal => linkVal.fieldName === fieldName
+        )
+        linkDocIds = linkDocIds.map(linkVal => linkVal.id)
         // iterate through the link IDs in the record field, see if any don't exist already
         for (let linkId of recordField) {
           if (linkId && linkId !== "" && linkDocIds.indexOf(linkId) === -1) {
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ class LinkController {
           )
         }
         // replace this field with a simple entry to denote there are links
-        record[fieldName] = { type: "link" }
+        delete record[fieldName]
       }
     }
     await this._db.bulkDocs(operations)
@@ -151,13 +155,15 @@ class LinkController {
   async recordDeleted() {
     const record = this._record
     // need to get the full link docs to be be able to delete it
-    const linkDocs = await this.getLinkDocs(true, null, record._id)
+    const linkDocIds = await this.getLinkDocs(record._id).map(
-    if (linkDocs.length === 0) {
+      linkVal => linkVal.id
+    )
+    if (linkDocIds.length === 0) {
       return null
     }
-    const toDelete = linkDocs.map(doc => {
+    const toDelete = linkDocIds.map(id => {
       return {
-        ...doc,
+        _id: id,
         _deleted: true,
       }
     })
@@ -211,14 +217,14 @@ class LinkController {
       }
     }
     // need to get the full link docs to delete them
-    const linkDocs = await this.getLinkDocs(true)
+    const linkDocIds = await this.getLinkDocs().map(linkVal => linkVal.id)
-    if (linkDocs.length === 0) {
+    if (linkDocIds.length === 0) {
       return null
     }
     // get link docs for this model and configure for deletion
-    const toDelete = linkDocs.map(doc => {
+    const toDelete = linkDocIds.map(id => {
       return {
-        ...doc,
+        _id: id,
         _deleted: true,
       }
     })

packages/server/src/db/linkedRecords/index.js

@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ exports.createLinkView = async instanceId => {
       if (doc.type === "link") {
         let doc1 = doc.doc1
         let doc2 = doc.doc2
-        emit([doc1.modelId, 1, doc1.fieldName, doc1.recordId], doc2.recordId)
+        emit([doc1.modelId, doc1.recordId], {
-        emit([doc2.modelId, 1, doc2.fieldName, doc2.recordId], doc1.recordId)
+          id: doc2.recordId,
-        emit([doc1.modelId, 2, doc1.recordId], doc2.recordId)
+          fieldName: doc1.fieldName,
-        emit([doc2.modelId, 2, doc2.recordId], doc1.recordId)
+        })
+        emit([doc2.modelId, doc2.recordId], {
+          id: doc1.recordId,
+          fieldName: doc2.fieldName,
+        })
       }
     }.toString(),
   }
@@ -92,62 +96,50 @@ exports.updateLinks = async ({
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Utility function to in parallel up a list of records with link info.
- * @param {string} instanceId The instance in which this record has been created.
- * @param {object[]} records A list records to be updated with link info.
- * @returns {Promise<object[]>} The updated records (this may be the same if no links were found).
- */
-exports.attachLinkInfo = async (instanceId, records) => {
-  let recordPromises = []
-  for (let record of records) {
-    recordPromises.push(exports.attachLinkInfoSingleRecord(instanceId, record))
-  }
-  return await Promise.all(recordPromises)
-}
-
 /**
  * Update a record with information about the links that pertain to it.
  * @param {string} instanceId The instance in which this record has been created.
- * @param {object} record The record itself which is to be updated with info (if applicable).
+ * @param {object} records The record(s) themselves which is to be updated with info (if applicable). This can be
- * @returns {Promise<object>} The updated record (this may be the same if no links were found).
+ * a single record object or an array of records - both will be handled.
+ * @returns {Promise<object>} The updated record (this may be the same if no links were found). If an array was input
+ * then an array will be output, object input -> object output.
  */
-exports.attachLinkInfoSingleRecord = async (instanceId, record) => {
+exports.attachLinkInfo = async (instanceId, records) => {
-  // first check if the record has any link fields and set counts to zero
+  // handle a single record as well as multiple
-  let hasLinkedRecords = false
+  let wasArray = true
-  for (let fieldName of Object.keys(record)) {
+  if (!(records instanceof Array)) {
-    let field = record[fieldName]
+    records = [records]
-    if (field != null && field.type === "link") {
+    wasArray = false
-      hasLinkedRecords = true
-      field.count = 0
   }
-  }
+  // start by getting all the link values for performance reasons
-  // no linked records, can simply return
+  let responses = await Promise.all(
-  if (!hasLinkedRecords) {
+    records.map(record =>
-    return record
+      exports.getLinkDocuments({
-  }
-  const recordId = record._id
-  const modelId = record.modelId
-  // get all links for record, ignore fieldName for now
-  const linkDocs = await exports.getLinkDocuments({
         instanceId,
-    modelId,
+        modelId: record.modelId,
-    recordId,
+        recordId: record._id,
-    includeDocs: true,
+        includeDocs: false,
       })
-  if (linkDocs == null || linkDocs.length === 0) {
+    )
-    return record
+  )
-  }
+  // can just use an index to access responses, order maintained
-  for (let linkDoc of linkDocs) {
+  let index = 0
+  // now iterate through the records and all field information
+  for (let record of records) {
+    // get all links for record, ignore fieldName for now
+    const linkVals = responses[index++]
+    for (let linkVal of linkVals) {
       // work out which link pertains to this record
-    const doc = linkDoc.doc1.recordId === recordId ? linkDoc.doc1 : linkDoc.doc2
+      if (!(record[linkVal.fieldName] instanceof Array)) {
-    if (record[doc.fieldName] == null || isNaN(record[doc.fieldName].count)) {
+        record[linkVal.fieldName] = [linkVal.id]
-      record[doc.fieldName] = { type: "link", count: 1 }
       } else {
-      record[doc.fieldName].count++
+        record[linkVal.fieldName].push(linkVal.id)
       }
     }
-  return record
+  }
+  // if it was an array when it came in then handle it as an array in response
+  // otherwise return the first element as there was only one input
+  return wasArray ? records : records[0]
 }
 
 /**
@@ -167,25 +159,17 @@ exports.attachLinkInfoSingleRecord = async (instanceId, record) => {
 exports.getLinkDocuments = async ({
   instanceId,
   modelId,
-  fieldName,
   recordId,
   includeDocs,
 }) => {
   const db = new CouchDB(instanceId)
   let params
-  if (fieldName != null && recordId != null) {
+  if (recordId != null) {
-    params = { key: [modelId, 1, fieldName, recordId] }
+    params = { key: [modelId, recordId] }
-  } else if (fieldName != null && recordId == null) {
-    params = {
-      startKey: [modelId, 1, fieldName],
-      endKey: [modelId, 1, fieldName, {}],
-    }
-  } else if (fieldName == null && recordId != null) {
-    params = { key: [modelId, 2, recordId] }
   }
   // only model is known
   else {
-    params = { startKey: [modelId, 1], endKey: [modelId, 1, {}] }
+    params = { startKey: [modelId], endKey: [modelId, {}] }
   }
   params.include_docs = !!includeDocs
   try {