feat: select via query param (#463)

README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Pagination and filtering helper method for TypeORM repositories or query builder
 - Pagination conforms to [JSON:API](https://jsonapi.org/)
 - Sort by multiple columns
 - Search across columns
+- Select columns
 - Filter using operators (`$eq`, `$not`, `$null`, `$in`, `$gt`, `$gte`, `$lt`, `$lte`, `$btw`, `$ilike`, `$sw`)
 - Include relations
 - Virtual column support
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ The following code exposes a route that can be utilized like so:
 #### Endpoint
 
 ```url
-http://localhost:3000/cats?limit=5&page=2&sortBy=color:DESC&search=i&filter.age=$gte:3
+http://localhost:3000/cats?limit=5&page=2&sortBy=color:DESC&search=i&filter.age=$gte:3&select=id,name,color,age
 ```
 
 #### Result

src/decorator.spec.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ describe('Decorator', () => {
             search: undefined,
             searchBy: undefined,
             filter: undefined,
+            select: undefined,
             path: 'http://localhost/items',
         })
     })
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ describe('Decorator', () => {
             search: undefined,
             searchBy: undefined,
             filter: undefined,
+            select: undefined,
             path: 'http://localhost/items',
         })
     })
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ describe('Decorator', () => {
             search: 'white',
             'filter.name': '$not:$eq:Kitty',
             'filter.createdAt': ['$gte:2020-01-01', '$lte:2020-12-31'],
+            select: ['name', 'createdAt'],
         })
 
         const result: PaginateQuery = decoratorfactory(null, context)
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ describe('Decorator', () => {
             ],
             search: 'white',
             searchBy: undefined,
+            select: ['name', 'createdAt'],
             path: 'http://localhost/items',
             filter: {
                 name: '$not:$eq:Kitty',
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ describe('Decorator', () => {
             search: 'white',
             'filter.name': '$not:$eq:Kitty',
             'filter.createdAt': ['$gte:2020-01-01', '$lte:2020-12-31'],
+            select: ['name', 'createdAt'],
         })
 
         const result: PaginateQuery = decoratorfactory(null, context)
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ describe('Decorator', () => {
                 name: '$not:$eq:Kitty',
                 createdAt: ['$gte:2020-01-01', '$lte:2020-12-31'],
             },
+            select: ['name', 'createdAt'],
         })
     })
 })

src/decorator.ts

@@ -9,15 +9,43 @@ export interface PaginateQuery {
     searchBy?: string[]
     search?: string
     filter?: { [column: string]: string | string[] }
+    select?: string[]
     path: string
 }
 
+const singleSplit = (param: string, res: any[]) => res.push(param)
+
+const multipleSplit = (param: string, res: any[]) => {
+    const items = param.split(':')
+    if (items.length === 2) {
+        res.push(items as [string, string])
+    }
+}
+
+const multipleAndCommaSplit = (param: string, res: any[]) => {
+    const set = new Set<string>(param.split(','))
+    set.forEach((item) => res.push(item))
+}
+
+function parseParam<T>(queryParam: unknown, parserLogic: (param: string, res: any[]) => void): T[] | undefined {
+    const res = []
+    if (queryParam) {
+        const params = !Array.isArray(queryParam) ? [queryParam] : queryParam
+        for (const param of params) {
+            if (isString(param)) {
+                parserLogic(param, res)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return res.length ? res : undefined
+}
+
 export const Paginate = createParamDecorator((_data: unknown, ctx: ExecutionContext): PaginateQuery => {
     const request: Request = ctx.switchToHttp().getRequest()
     const { query } = request
 
     // Determine if Express or Fastify to rebuild the original url and reduce down to protocol, host and base url
-    let originalUrl
+    let originalUrl: any
     if (request.originalUrl) {
         originalUrl = request.protocol + '://' + request.get('host') + request.originalUrl
     } else {
@@ -26,29 +54,9 @@ export const Paginate = createParamDecorator((_data: unknown, ctx: ExecutionCont
     const urlParts = new URL(originalUrl)
     const path = urlParts.protocol + '//' + urlParts.host + urlParts.pathname
 
-    const sortBy: [string, string][] = []
+    const searchBy = parseParam<string>(query.searchBy, singleSplit)
-    const searchBy: string[] = []
+    const sortBy = parseParam<[string, string]>(query.sortBy, multipleSplit)
-
+    const select = parseParam<string>(query.select, multipleAndCommaSplit)
-    if (query.sortBy) {
-        const params = !Array.isArray(query.sortBy) ? [query.sortBy] : query.sortBy
-        for (const param of params) {
-            if (isString(param)) {
-                const items = param.split(':')
-                if (items.length === 2) {
-                    sortBy.push(items as [string, string])
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (query.searchBy) {
-        const params = !Array.isArray(query.searchBy) ? [query.searchBy] : query.searchBy
-        for (const param of params) {
-            if (isString(param)) {
-                searchBy.push(param)
-            }
-        }
-    }
 
     const filter = mapKeys(
         pickBy(
@@ -63,10 +71,11 @@ export const Paginate = createParamDecorator((_data: unknown, ctx: ExecutionCont
     return {
         page: query.page ? parseInt(query.page.toString(), 10) : undefined,
         limit: query.limit ? parseInt(query.limit.toString(), 10) : undefined,
-        sortBy: sortBy.length ? sortBy : undefined,
+        sortBy,
         search: query.search ? query.search.toString() : undefined,
-        searchBy: searchBy.length ? searchBy : undefined,
+        searchBy,
         filter: Object.keys(filter).length ? filter : undefined,
+        select,
         path,
     }
 })

src/filter.ts

@@ -102,16 +102,9 @@ export function addWhereCondition<T>(qb: SelectQueryBuilder<T>, column: string,
     const { isVirtualProperty, query: virtualQuery } = extractVirtualProperty(qb, columnProperties)
     const isRelation = checkIsRelation(qb, columnProperties.propertyPath)
     const isEmbedded = checkIsEmbedded(qb, columnProperties.propertyPath)
+    const alias = fixColumnAlias(columnProperties, qb.alias, isRelation, isVirtualProperty, isEmbedded, virtualQuery)
     filter[column].forEach((columnFilter: Filter, index: number) => {
         const columnNamePerIteration = `${column}${index}`
-        const alias = fixColumnAlias(
-            columnProperties,
-            qb.alias,
-            isRelation,
-            isVirtualProperty,
-            isEmbedded,
-            virtualQuery
-        )
         const condition = generatePredicateCondition(qb, column, columnFilter, alias, isVirtualProperty)
         const parameters = fixQueryParam(alias, columnNamePerIteration, columnFilter, condition, {
             [columnNamePerIteration]: columnFilter.findOperator.value,

src/paginate.spec.ts

@@ -1876,6 +1876,36 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         })
     })
 
+    it('should return selected columns', async () => {
+        const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
+            sortableColumns: ['id', 'name'],
+            select: ['id', 'name', 'toys.name', 'toys.size.height', 'toys.size.length'],
+            relations: ['toys'],
+        }
+        const query: PaginateQuery = {
+            path: '',
+            select: ['id', 'toys.size.height'],
+        }
+
+        const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
+
+        result.data.forEach((cat) => {
+            expect(cat.id).toBeDefined()
+            expect(cat.name).not.toBeDefined()
+        })
+
+        result.data.forEach((cat) => {
+            if (cat.id === 1 || cat.id === 2) {
+                const toy = cat.toys[0]
+                expect(toy.name).not.toBeDefined()
+                expect(toy.id).not.toBeDefined()
+                expect(toy.size.height).toBeDefined()
+            } else {
+                expect(cat.toys).toHaveLength(0)
+            }
+        })
+    })
+
     it('should return the right amount of results if a many to many relation is involved', async () => {
         const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
             sortableColumns: ['id'],

src/paginate.ts

@@ -167,16 +167,20 @@ export async function paginate<T extends ObjectLiteral>(
         queryBuilder.addOrderBy(alias, order[1], nullSort)
     }
 
-    if (config.select?.length > 0) {
+    // When we partial select the columns (main or relation) we must add the primary key column otherwise
-        const mappedSelect = config.select.map((col) => {
+    // typeorm will not be able to map the result TODO: write it in the docs
-            if (col.includes('.')) {
+    const selectParams = config.select || query.select
-                const [rel, relCol] = col.split('.')
+    if (selectParams?.length > 0) {
-                return `${queryBuilder.alias}_${rel}.${relCol}`
+        const cols: string[] = selectParams.reduce((cols, currentCol) => {
+            if (query.select?.includes(currentCol) ?? true) {
+                const columnProperties = getPropertiesByColumnName(currentCol)
+                const isRelation = checkIsRelation(queryBuilder, columnProperties.propertyPath)
+                // here we can avoid to manually fix and add the query of virtual columns
+                cols.push(fixColumnAlias(columnProperties, queryBuilder.alias, isRelation))
             }
-
+            return cols
-            return `${queryBuilder.alias}.${col}`
+        }, [])
-        })
+        queryBuilder.select(cols)
-        queryBuilder.select(mappedSelect)
     }
 
     if (config.where) {