Validate and return csv

packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/bbReferenceProcessor.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
 import { cache } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { utils } from "@budibase/shared-core"
-import { FieldSubtype } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Document, FieldSubtype } from "@budibase/types"
+import { InvalidBBRefError } from "./errors"
 
 export async function processInputBBReferences(
-  value: string,
+  value: string | string[] | { _id: string } | { _id: string }[],
   subtype: FieldSubtype
-) {
-  const result = []
-  const ids = value.split(",").map((id: string) => id.trim())
+): Promise<string> {
+  const result: string[] = []
 
   switch (subtype) {
     case FieldSubtype.USER:
-      for (const id of ids) {
-        result.push(await cache.user.getUser(id))
+      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+        result.push(...value.map(x => (typeof x === "string" ? x : x._id)))
+      } else if (typeof value !== "string") {
+        result.push(value._id)
+      } else {
+        result.push(...value.split(",").map((id: string) => id.trim()))
+      }
+
+      for (const id of result) {
+        const user = await cache.user.getUser(id)
+        if (!user) {
+          throw new InvalidBBRefError(id, FieldSubtype.USER)
+        }
       }
       break
     default:
-      utils.unreachable(subtype)
+      throw utils.unreachable(subtype)
   }
 
-  if (result.length > 1) {
-    return result
-  }
-
-  return result[0]
+  return result.join(",")
 }

packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/errors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { FieldSubtype } from "@budibase/types"
+
+export class InvalidBBRefError extends Error {
+  constructor(id: string, subtype: FieldSubtype) {
+    super(`Id "${id}" is not valid for the subtype "${subtype}"`)
+  }
+}

packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/tests/bbReferenceProcessor.spec.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as backendCore from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { FieldSubtype, User } from "@budibase/types"
 import { processInputBBReferences } from "../bbReferenceProcessor"
 import { generator, structures } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
+import { InvalidBBRefError } from "../errors"
 
 jest.mock("@budibase/backend-core", (): typeof backendCore => {
   const actual = jest.requireActual("@budibase/backend-core")
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ describe("bbReferenceProcessor", () => {
 
   describe("processInputBBReferences", () => {
     describe("subtype user", () => {
-      it("fetches by user id", async () => {
+      it("validate valid string id", async () => {
         const input = generator.guid()
 
         const userFromCache = structures.users.user()
@@ -34,29 +35,57 @@ describe("bbReferenceProcessor", () => {
 
         const result = await processInputBBReferences(input, FieldSubtype.USER)
 
-        expect(result).toEqual(userFromCache)
+        expect(result).toEqual(input)
         expect(mockedCacheGetUser).toBeCalledTimes(1)
         expect(mockedCacheGetUser).toBeCalledWith(input)
       })
 
-      it("fetches by user id when send as csv", async () => {
-        const users: Record<string, User> = {}
+      it("throws an error given an invalid id", async () => {
+        const input = generator.guid()
+
+        await expect(
+          processInputBBReferences(input, FieldSubtype.USER)
+        ).rejects.toThrowError(new InvalidBBRefError(input, FieldSubtype.USER))
+      })
+
+      it("validates valid user ids as csv", async () => {
+        const userIds: string[] = []
         for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
           const userId = generator.guid()
           const user = structures.users.user({ _id: userId, userId })
           mockedCacheGetUser.mockResolvedValueOnce(user)
-          users[userId] = user
+          userIds.push(userId)
         }
 
-        const input = Object.keys(users).join(" ,  ")
+        const input = userIds.join(" ,  ")
         const result = await processInputBBReferences(input, FieldSubtype.USER)
 
-        expect(result).toEqual(Object.values(users))
+        expect(result).toEqual(userIds.join(","))
         expect(mockedCacheGetUser).toBeCalledTimes(5)
-        Object.keys(users).forEach(userId => {
+        userIds.forEach(userId => {
           expect(mockedCacheGetUser).toBeCalledWith(userId)
         })
       })
+
+      it("throws an error given an invalid id in a csv", async () => {
+        const userId1 = generator.guid()
+        const userId2 = generator.guid()
+        const userId3 = generator.guid()
+        mockedCacheGetUser.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+          structures.users.user({ _id: userId1 })
+        )
+        mockedCacheGetUser.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+          structures.users.user({ _id: userId2 })
+        )
+
+        const input = [userId1, userId2, userId3].join(" ,  ")
+
+        await expect(
+          processInputBBReferences(input, FieldSubtype.USER)
+        ).rejects.toThrowError(
+          new InvalidBBRefError(userId3, FieldSubtype.USER)
+        )
+      })
     })
   })
 })