Fix: backwards-compatible versioned API response for custom field select fields (#8912)

docs/api.md

@@ -541,6 +541,12 @@ server, the following procedure should be performed:
 2.  Determine whether the client is compatible with this server based on
     the presence/absence of these headers and their values if present.
 
+### API Version Deprecation Policy
+
+Older API versions are guaranteed to be supported for at least one year
+after the release of a new API version. After that, support for older
+API versions may be (but is not guaranteed to be) dropped.
+
 ### API Changelog
 
 #### Version 1
@@ -573,3 +579,11 @@ Initial API version.
 #### Version 6
 
 -   Moved acknowledge tasks endpoint to be under `/api/tasks/acknowledge/`.
+
+#### Version 7
+
+-   The format of select type custom fields has changed to return the options
+    as an array of objects with `id` and `label` fields as opposed to a simple
+    list of strings. When creating or updating a custom field value of a
+    document for a select type custom field, the value should be the `id` of
+    the option whereas previously was the index of the option.

src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const base_url = new URL(document.baseURI)
 export const environment = {
   production: true,
   apiBaseUrl: document.baseURI + 'api/',
-  apiVersion: '6',
+  apiVersion: '7',
   appTitle: 'Paperless-ngx',
   version: '2.14.5',
   webSocketHost: window.location.host,

src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 export const environment = {
   production: false,
   apiBaseUrl: 'http://localhost:8000/api/',
-  apiVersion: '6',
+  apiVersion: '7',
   appTitle: 'Paperless-ngx',
   version: 'DEVELOPMENT',
   webSocketHost: 'localhost:8000',

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -496,6 +496,15 @@ class StoragePathField(serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField):
 
 
 class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        context = kwargs.get("context")
+        self.api_version = int(
+            context.get("request").version
+            if context.get("request")
+            else settings.REST_FRAMEWORK["DEFAULT_VERSION"],
+        )
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
     data_type = serializers.ChoiceField(
         choices=CustomField.FieldDataType,
         read_only=False,
@@ -575,6 +584,38 @@ class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             )
         return super().validate(attrs)
 
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        ret = super().to_internal_value(data)
+
+        if (
+            self.api_version < 7
+            and ret.get("data_type", "") == CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT
+            and isinstance(ret.get("extra_data", {}).get("select_options"), list)
+        ):
+            ret["extra_data"]["select_options"] = [
+                {
+                    "label": option,
+                    "id": get_random_string(length=16),
+                }
+                for option in ret["extra_data"]["select_options"]
+            ]
+
+        return ret
+
+    def to_representation(self, instance):
+        ret = super().to_representation(instance)
+
+        if (
+            self.api_version < 7
+            and instance.data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT
+        ):
+            # Convert the select options with ids to a list of strings
+            ret["extra_data"]["select_options"] = [
+                option["label"] for option in ret["extra_data"]["select_options"]
+            ]
+
+        return ret
+
 
 class ReadWriteSerializerMethodField(serializers.SerializerMethodField):
     """
@@ -682,6 +723,50 @@ class CustomFieldInstanceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
         return data
 
+    def get_api_version(self):
+        return int(
+            self.context.get("request").version
+            if self.context.get("request")
+            else settings.REST_FRAMEWORK["DEFAULT_VERSION"],
+        )
+
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        ret = super().to_internal_value(data)
+
+        if (
+            self.get_api_version() < 7
+            and ret.get("field").data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT
+            and ret.get("value") is not None
+        ):
+            # Convert the index of the option in the field.extra_data["select_options"]
+            # list to the options unique id
+            ret["value"] = ret.get("field").extra_data["select_options"][ret["value"]][
+                "id"
+            ]
+
+        return ret
+
+    def to_representation(self, instance):
+        ret = super().to_representation(instance)
+
+        if (
+            self.get_api_version() < 7
+            and instance.field.data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT
+        ):
+            # return the index of the option in the field.extra_data["select_options"] list
+            ret["value"] = next(
+                (
+                    idx
+                    for idx, option in enumerate(
+                        instance.field.extra_data["select_options"],
+                    )
+                    if option["id"] == instance.value
+                ),
+                None,
+            )
+
+        return ret
+
     def reflect_doclinks(
         self,
         document: Document,

src/documents/tests/test_api_custom_fields.py

@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ class TestCustomFieldsAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         ]:
             resp = self.client.post(
                 self.ENDPOINT,
-                data={
+                data=json.dumps(
+                    {
                         "data_type": field_type,
                         "name": name,
                     },
+                ),
+                content_type="application/json",
             )
             self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 
@@ -148,7 +151,6 @@ class TestCustomFieldsAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
     def test_custom_field_select_unique_ids(self):
         """
         GIVEN:
-            - Nothing
             - Existing custom field
         WHEN:
             - API request to create custom field with select options without id
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ class TestCustomFieldsAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
 
         resp = self.client.patch(
             f"{self.ENDPOINT}{custom_field_select.id}/",
-            json.dumps(
+            data=json.dumps(
                 {
                     "extra_data": {
                         "select_options": [
@@ -272,6 +274,113 @@ class TestCustomFieldsAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         doc.refresh_from_db()
         self.assertEqual(doc.custom_fields.first().value, None)
 
+    def test_custom_field_select_old_version(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Nothing
+        WHEN:
+            - API post request is made for custom fields with api version header < 7
+            - API get request is made for custom fields with api version header < 7
+        THEN:
+            - The select options are created with unique ids
+            - The select options are returned in the old format
+        """
+        resp = self.client.post(
+            self.ENDPOINT,
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=6"},
+            data=json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "data_type": "select",
+                    "name": "Select Field",
+                    "extra_data": {
+                        "select_options": [
+                            "Option 1",
+                            "Option 2",
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+        field = CustomField.objects.get(name="Select Field")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            field.extra_data["select_options"],
+            [
+                {"label": "Option 1", "id": ANY},
+                {"label": "Option 2", "id": ANY},
+            ],
+        )
+
+        resp = self.client.get(
+            f"{self.ENDPOINT}{field.id}/",
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=6"},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+        data = resp.json()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            data["extra_data"]["select_options"],
+            [
+                "Option 1",
+                "Option 2",
+            ],
+        )
+
+    def test_custom_field_select_value_old_version(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Existing document with custom field select
+        WHEN:
+            - API post request is made to add the field for document with api version header < 7
+            - API get request is made for document with api version header < 7
+        THEN:
+            - The select value is returned in the old format, the index of the option
+        """
+        custom_field_select = CustomField.objects.create(
+            name="Select Field",
+            data_type=CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT,
+            extra_data={
+                "select_options": [
+                    {"label": "Option 1", "id": "abc-123"},
+                    {"label": "Option 2", "id": "def-456"},
+                ],
+            },
+        )
+
+        doc = Document.objects.create(
+            title="WOW",
+            content="the content",
+            checksum="123",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+        )
+
+        resp = self.client.patch(
+            f"/api/documents/{doc.id}/",
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=6"},
+            data=json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "custom_fields": [
+                        {"field": custom_field_select.id, "value": 1},
+                    ],
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        doc.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(doc.custom_fields.first().value, "def-456")
+
+        resp = self.client.get(
+            f"/api/documents/{doc.id}/",
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=6"},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+        data = resp.json()
+        self.assertEqual(data["custom_fields"][0]["value"], 1)
+
     def test_create_custom_field_monetary_validation(self):
         """
         GIVEN:

src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py

@@ -2029,31 +2029,37 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, DocumentConsumeDelayMixin, APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
         self.assertEqual(Tag.objects.get(id=response.data["id"]).color, "#a6cee3")
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.client.get(f"/api/tags/{response.data['id']}/", format="json").data[
+            self.client.get(
-                "colour"
+                f"/api/tags/{response.data['id']}/",
-            ],
+                headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=1"},
+                format="json",
+            ).data["colour"],
             1,
         )
 
     def test_tag_color(self):
         response = self.client.post(
             "/api/tags/",
-            {"name": "tag", "colour": 3},
+            data={"name": "tag", "colour": 3},
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=1"},
             format="json",
         )
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
         self.assertEqual(Tag.objects.get(id=response.data["id"]).color, "#b2df8a")
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.client.get(f"/api/tags/{response.data['id']}/", format="json").data[
+            self.client.get(
-                "colour"
+                f"/api/tags/{response.data['id']}/",
-            ],
+                headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=1"},
+                format="json",
+            ).data["colour"],
             3,
         )
 
     def test_tag_color_invalid(self):
         response = self.client.post(
             "/api/tags/",
-            {"name": "tag", "colour": 34},
+            data={"name": "tag", "colour": 34},
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=1"},
             format="json",
         )
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
@@ -2061,7 +2067,11 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, DocumentConsumeDelayMixin, APITestCase):
     def test_tag_color_custom(self):
         tag = Tag.objects.create(name="test", color="#abcdef")
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.client.get(f"/api/tags/{tag.id}/", format="json").data["colour"],
+            self.client.get(
+                f"/api/tags/{tag.id}/",
+                headers={"Accept": "application/json; version=1"},
+                format="json",
+            ).data["colour"],
             1,
         )
 

src/documents/tests/test_api_filter_by_custom_fields.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
+import types
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from datetime import date
-from unittest.mock import Mock
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ class TestCustomFieldsSearch(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             document,
             data=data,
             partial=True,
-            context={"request": Mock()},
+            context={
+                "request": types.SimpleNamespace(
+                    method="GET",
+                    version="7",
+                ),
+            },
         )
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
         serializer.save()

src/paperless/settings.py

@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         "rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication",
     ],
     "DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS": "rest_framework.versioning.AcceptHeaderVersioning",
-    "DEFAULT_VERSION": "1",
+    "DEFAULT_VERSION": "7",
     # Make sure these are ordered and that the most recent version appears
-    # last
+    # last. See api.md#api-versioning when adding new versions.
-    "ALLOWED_VERSIONS": ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"],
+    "ALLOWED_VERSIONS": ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7"],
 }
 
 if DEBUG: