Fix REST API view name template replacement (#14244)

REST API was returning raw template strings like 'All
{objectLabelPlural}' instead of replaced values. GraphQL had proper
handling but REST controllers don't have access to DataLoaders.

Added minimal template replacement using WorkspaceMetadataCacheService
to replace {objectLabelPlural} placeholders with actual object labels.
No full translations since REST isn't priority for i18n.

addressing -
https://discord.com/channels/1130383047699738754/1412122807281651833
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nitin
2025-09-08 21:21:30 +05:30
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parent ad944e1d2c
commit 374b5dce66
5 changed files with 253 additions and 41 deletions
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
UseGuards,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { type APP_LOCALES } from 'twenty-shared/translations';
import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
import { CreateViewInput } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/dtos/inputs/create-view.input';
@@ -27,32 +28,40 @@ import { ViewRestApiExceptionFilter } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/filters
import { ViewService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/services/view.service';
import { Workspace } from 'src/engine/core-modules/workspace/workspace.entity';
import { AuthWorkspace } from 'src/engine/decorators/auth/auth-workspace.decorator';
import { RequestLocale } from 'src/engine/decorators/locale/request-locale.decorator';
import { WorkspaceAuthGuard } from 'src/engine/guards/workspace-auth.guard';
import { resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/utils/resolve-object-metadata-standard-override.util';
import { WorkspaceMetadataCacheService } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/workspace-metadata-cache/services/workspace-metadata-cache.service';
@Controller('rest/metadata/views')
@UseGuards(WorkspaceAuthGuard)
@UseFilters(ViewRestApiExceptionFilter)
export class ViewController {
constructor(private readonly viewService: ViewService) {}
constructor(
private readonly viewService: ViewService,
private readonly workspaceMetadataCacheService: WorkspaceMetadataCacheService,
) {}
@Get()
async findMany(
@RequestLocale() locale: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES | undefined,
@AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
@Query('objectMetadataId') objectMetadataId?: string,
): Promise<ViewDTO[]> {
if (objectMetadataId) {
return this.viewService.findByObjectMetadataId(
workspace.id,
objectMetadataId,
);
}
const views = objectMetadataId
? await this.viewService.findByObjectMetadataId(
workspace.id,
objectMetadataId,
)
: await this.viewService.findByWorkspaceId(workspace.id);
return this.viewService.findByWorkspaceId(workspace.id);
return this.processViewsWithTemplates(views, workspace.id, locale);
}
@Get(':id')
async findOne(
@Param('id') id: string,
@RequestLocale() locale: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES | undefined,
@AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
): Promise<ViewDTO> {
const view = await this.viewService.findById(id, workspace.id);
@@ -72,29 +81,51 @@ export class ViewController {
);
}
return view;
const processedViews = await this.processViewsWithTemplates(
[view],
workspace.id,
locale,
);
return processedViews[0];
}
@Post()
async create(
@Body() input: CreateViewInput,
@AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
@RequestLocale() locale?: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES,
): Promise<ViewDTO> {
return this.viewService.create({
const view = await this.viewService.create({
...input,
workspaceId: workspace.id,
});
const processedViews = await this.processViewsWithTemplates(
[view],
workspace.id,
locale,
);
return processedViews[0];
}
@Patch(':id')
async update(
@Param('id') id: string,
@Body() input: UpdateViewInput,
@RequestLocale() locale: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES | undefined,
@AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
): Promise<ViewDTO> {
const updatedView = await this.viewService.update(id, workspace.id, input);
return updatedView;
const processedViews = await this.processViewsWithTemplates(
[updatedView],
workspace.id,
locale,
);
return processedViews[0];
}
@Delete(':id')
@@ -107,5 +138,66 @@ export class ViewController {
return { success: isDefined(deletedView) };
}
private async processViewsWithTemplates(
views: ViewDTO[],
workspaceId: string,
locale?: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES,
): Promise<ViewDTO[]> {
const hasTemplates = views.some((view) =>
view.name.includes('{objectLabelPlural}'),
);
if (!hasTemplates && views.every((view) => view.isCustom)) {
return views;
}
const { objectMetadataMaps } =
await this.workspaceMetadataCacheService.getExistingOrRecomputeMetadataMaps(
{ workspaceId },
);
return views.map((view) => {
let processedName = view.name;
if (view.name.includes('{objectLabelPlural}')) {
const objectMetadata = objectMetadataMaps.byId[view.objectMetadataId];
if (objectMetadata) {
const translatedObjectLabel = resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride(
{
labelPlural: objectMetadata.labelPlural,
labelSingular: objectMetadata.labelSingular,
description: objectMetadata.description ?? undefined,
icon: objectMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
isCustom: objectMetadata.isCustom,
standardOverrides: objectMetadata.standardOverrides ?? undefined,
},
'labelPlural',
locale,
);
processedName = this.viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
view.name,
view.isCustom,
translatedObjectLabel,
locale,
);
}
} else {
processedName = this.viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
view.name,
view.isCustom,
undefined,
locale,
);
}
return {
...view,
name: processedName,
};
});
}
// TODO: the destroy endpoint will be implemented when we settle on a strategy
}
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import {
import { isArray } from '@sniptt/guards';
import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
import { I18nService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/i18n/i18n.service';
import { type I18nContext } from 'src/engine/core-modules/i18n/types/i18n-context.type';
import { generateMessageId } from 'src/engine/core-modules/i18n/utils/generateMessageId';
import { CreateViewInput } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/dtos/inputs/create-view.input';
import { UpdateViewInput } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/dtos/inputs/update-view.input';
import { ViewFieldDTO } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/dtos/view-field.dto';
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ export class ViewResolver {
private readonly viewFilterGroupService: ViewFilterGroupService,
private readonly viewSortService: ViewSortService,
private readonly viewGroupService: ViewGroupService,
private readonly i18nService: I18nService,
) {}
@ResolveField(() => String)
@@ -76,34 +73,21 @@ export class ViewResolver {
context.req.locale,
);
const messageId = generateMessageId(view.name);
const translatedTemplate = this.i18nService.translateMessage({
messageId,
values: {
objectLabelPlural: translatedObjectLabel,
},
locale: context.req.locale,
});
if (translatedTemplate !== messageId) {
return translatedTemplate;
}
return view.name.replace('{objectLabelPlural}', translatedObjectLabel);
return this.viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
view.name,
view.isCustom,
translatedObjectLabel,
context.req.locale,
);
}
}
if (view.isCustom) {
return view.name;
}
const messageId = generateMessageId(view.name);
const translatedMessage = this.i18nService.translateMessage({
messageId,
locale: context.req.locale,
});
return translatedMessage !== messageId ? translatedMessage : view.name;
return this.viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
view.name,
view.isCustom,
undefined,
context.req.locale,
);
}
@Query(() => [ViewDTO])
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
import { type Repository } from 'typeorm';
import { I18nService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/i18n/i18n.service';
import { ViewEntity } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/entities/view.entity';
import { ViewOpenRecordIn } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/enums/view-open-record-in';
import { ViewType } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/enums/view-type.enum';
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import { ViewService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/services/view.service'
describe('ViewService', () => {
let viewService: ViewService;
let viewRepository: Repository<ViewEntity>;
let i18nService: I18nService;
const mockView = {
id: 'view-id',
@@ -54,6 +56,12 @@ describe('ViewService', () => {
delete: jest.fn(),
},
},
{
provide: I18nService,
useValue: {
translateMessage: jest.fn(),
},
},
],
}).compile();
@@ -61,6 +69,7 @@ describe('ViewService', () => {
viewRepository = module.get<Repository<ViewEntity>>(
getRepositoryToken(ViewEntity),
);
i18nService = module.get<I18nService>(I18nService);
});
it('should be defined', () => {
@@ -316,4 +325,74 @@ describe('ViewService', () => {
expect(result).toEqual(true);
});
});
describe('processViewNameWithTemplate', () => {
it('should replace template with objectLabelPlural', () => {
const viewName = 'All {objectLabelPlural}';
const objectLabelPlural = 'Companies';
jest.spyOn(i18nService, 'translateMessage').mockImplementation((args) => {
return args.messageId;
});
const result = viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
viewName,
false,
objectLabelPlural,
'en',
);
expect(result).toBe('All Companies');
});
it('should return translated value when translation exists', () => {
const viewName = 'All {objectLabelPlural}';
const objectLabelPlural = 'Companies';
const translatedTemplate = 'Toutes les Companies';
jest
.spyOn(i18nService, 'translateMessage')
.mockReturnValue(translatedTemplate);
const result = viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
viewName,
false,
objectLabelPlural,
'fr-FR',
);
expect(result).toBe(translatedTemplate);
});
it('should not translate custom views', () => {
const viewName = 'My Custom View';
const result = viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
viewName,
true,
undefined,
'en',
);
expect(i18nService.translateMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(result).toBe(viewName);
});
it('should return original name when no objectLabelPlural provided for template', () => {
const viewName = 'All {objectLabelPlural}';
jest.spyOn(i18nService, 'translateMessage').mockImplementation((args) => {
return args.messageId;
});
const result = viewService.processViewNameWithTemplate(
viewName,
false,
undefined,
'en',
);
expect(result).toBe(viewName);
});
});
});
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
import { type APP_LOCALES, SOURCE_LOCALE } from 'twenty-shared/translations';
import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
import { IsNull, Repository } from 'typeorm';
import { I18nService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/i18n/i18n.service';
import { generateMessageId } from 'src/engine/core-modules/i18n/utils/generateMessageId';
import { ViewEntity } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/entities/view.entity';
import {
ViewException,
@@ -12,13 +15,13 @@ import {
generateViewExceptionMessage,
generateViewUserFriendlyExceptionMessage,
} from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/exceptions/view.exception';
import { ViewDTO } from 'src/engine/core-modules/view/dtos/view.dto';
@Injectable()
export class ViewService {
constructor(
@InjectRepository(ViewEntity)
private readonly viewRepository: Repository<ViewEntity>,
private readonly i18nService: I18nService,
) {}
async findByWorkspaceId(workspaceId: string): Promise<ViewEntity[]> {
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ export class ViewService {
return view || null;
}
async create(viewData: Partial<ViewEntity>): Promise<ViewDTO> {
async create(viewData: Partial<ViewEntity>): Promise<ViewEntity> {
if (!isDefined(viewData.workspaceId)) {
throw new ViewException(
generateViewExceptionMessage(
@@ -178,4 +181,42 @@ export class ViewService {
return true;
}
processViewNameWithTemplate(
viewName: string,
isCustom: boolean,
objectLabelPlural?: string,
locale?: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES,
): string {
if (viewName.includes('{objectLabelPlural}') && objectLabelPlural) {
const messageId = generateMessageId(viewName);
const translatedTemplate = this.i18nService.translateMessage({
messageId,
values: {
objectLabelPlural,
},
locale: locale ?? SOURCE_LOCALE,
});
if (translatedTemplate !== messageId) {
return translatedTemplate;
}
return viewName.replace('{objectLabelPlural}', objectLabelPlural);
}
if (!isCustom) {
const messageId = generateMessageId(viewName);
const translatedMessage = this.i18nService.translateMessage({
messageId,
locale: locale ?? SOURCE_LOCALE,
});
if (translatedMessage !== messageId) {
return translatedMessage;
}
}
return viewName;
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
import { type ExecutionContext, createParamDecorator } from '@nestjs/common';
import { type APP_LOCALES } from 'twenty-shared/translations';
import { getRequest } from 'src/utils/extract-request';
export const RequestLocale = createParamDecorator(
(
_data: unknown,
ctx: ExecutionContext,
): keyof typeof APP_LOCALES | undefined => {
const request = getRequest(ctx);
return request.locale;
},
);