Return view schema endpoint

packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/viewsV2.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
-import { CreateViewRequest, Ctx, ViewResponse } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  CreateViewRequest,
+  Ctx,
+  ViewResponse,
+  ViewSchemaResponse,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function create(ctx: Ctx<CreateViewRequest, ViewResponse>) {
   const view = ctx.request.body
@@ -18,3 +23,10 @@ export async function remove(ctx: Ctx) {
   await sdk.views.remove(viewId)
   ctx.status = 204
 }
+
+export async function getSchema(ctx: Ctx<void, ViewSchemaResponse>) {
+  const { viewId } = ctx.params
+
+  const schema = await sdk.views.getSchema(viewId)
+  ctx.body = { schema }
+}

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts

@@ -106,4 +106,27 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
       expect(await getPersistedView()).toBeUndefined()
     })
   })
+
+  describe("getSchema", () => {
+    let view: ViewV2
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await config.createTable(priceTable())
+      view = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+    })
+
+    it("returns table schema if no columns are defined", async () => {
+      const result = await config.api.viewV2.getSchema(view.id)
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        schema: {
+          Price: { type: "number", name: "Price", constraints: {} },
+          Category: {
+            type: "string",
+            name: "Category",
+            constraints: { type: "string" },
+          },
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })

packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ router
     authorized(permissions.BUILDER),
     viewController.v2.remove
   )
+  .get(
+    `/api/v2/views/:viewId/schema`,
+    authorized(permissions.BUILDER),
+    viewController.v2.getSchema
+  )
 
 router
   .get(

packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { HTTPError, context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { View, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
+import { TableSchema, View, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
 
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ export async function remove(viewId: string): Promise<void> {
   delete table.views![view?.name]
   await db.put(table)
 }
+
+export async function getSchema(viewId: string): Promise<TableSchema> {
+  const view = await get(viewId)
+  const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(view?.tableId)
+
+  return table.schema
+}

packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
+import { ViewSchemaResponse, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ export class ViewV2API extends TestAPI {
       .expect(expectStatus)
   }
 
+  getSchema = async (
+    viewId: string,
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ): Promise<ViewSchemaResponse> => {
+    const res = await this.request
+      .get(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/schema`)
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect(expectStatus)
+    return res.body
+  }
+
   search = async (viewId: string, { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }) => {
     return this.request
       .get(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/search`)

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

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import { ViewV2 } from "../../../documents"
+import { TableSchema, ViewV2 } from "../../../documents"
 
 export interface ViewResponse {
   data: ViewV2
 }
 
 export type CreateViewRequest = Omit<ViewV2, "version" | "id">
+
+export interface ViewSchemaResponse {
+  schema: TableSchema
+}