Fix: use api version > 7 for new custom field select format

docs/api.md

@@ -573,3 +573,8 @@ 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.

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

@@ -495,7 +495,27 @@ class StoragePathField(serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField):
         return StoragePath.objects.all()
 
 
+class ReadWriteSerializerMethodField(serializers.SerializerMethodField):
+    """
+    Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/62579804
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, method_name=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.method_name = method_name
+        kwargs["source"] = "*"
+        super(serializers.SerializerMethodField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        return {self.field_name: data}
+
+
 class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.api_version = int(
+            kwargs.pop("api_version", settings.REST_FRAMEWORK["ALLOWED_VERSIONS"][-1]),
+        )
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
     data_type = serializers.ChoiceField(
         choices=CustomField.FieldDataType,
         read_only=False,
@@ -503,6 +523,8 @@ class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     document_count = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True)
 
+    extra_data = ReadWriteSerializerMethodField(required=False)
+
     class Meta:
         model = CustomField
         fields = [
@@ -544,18 +566,39 @@ class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
                 or "select_options" not in attrs["extra_data"]
                 or not isinstance(attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"], list)
                 or len(attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]) == 0
-                or not all(
-                    len(option.get("label", "")) > 0
-                    for option in attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]
+                or (
+                    # version 6 and below require a list of strings
+                    self.api_version < 7
+                    and not all(
+                        len(option) > 0
+                        for option in attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]
+                    )
+                )
+                or (
+                    # version 7 and above require a list of objects with labels
+                    self.api_version >= 7
+                    and not all(
+                        len(option.get("label", "")) > 0
+                        for option in attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]
+                    )
                 )
             ):
                 raise serializers.ValidationError(
                     {"error": "extra_data.select_options must be a valid list"},
                 )
             # labels are valid, generate ids if not present
-            for option in attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]:
-                if option.get("id") is None:
-                    option["id"] = get_random_string(length=16)
+            if self.api_version < 7:
+                attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"] = [
+                    {
+                        "label": option,
+                        "id": get_random_string(length=16),
+                    }
+                    for option in attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]
+                ]
+            else:
+                for option in attrs["extra_data"]["select_options"]:
+                    if option.get("id") is None:
+                        option["id"] = get_random_string(length=16)
         elif (
             "data_type" in attrs
             and attrs["data_type"] == CustomField.FieldDataType.MONETARY
@@ -575,19 +618,15 @@ class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             )
         return super().validate(attrs)
 
-
-class ReadWriteSerializerMethodField(serializers.SerializerMethodField):
-    """
-    Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/62579804
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, method_name=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.method_name = method_name
-        kwargs["source"] = "*"
-        super(serializers.SerializerMethodField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def to_internal_value(self, data):
-        return {self.field_name: data}
+    def get_extra_data(self, obj):
+        extra_data = obj.extra_data
+        if self.api_version < 7 and obj.data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.SELECT:
+            # Convert the select options with ids to a list of strings
+            extra_data["select_options"] = [
+                option["label"] for option in extra_data["select_options"]
+            ]
+        field = serializers.JSONField()
+        return field.to_representation(extra_data)
 
 
 class CustomFieldInstanceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

src/documents/tests/test_api_custom_fields.py

@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ class TestCustomFieldsAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         ]:
             resp = self.client.post(
                 self.ENDPOINT,
-                data={
-                    "data_type": field_type,
-                    "name": name,
-                },
+                data=json.dumps(
+                    {
+                        "data_type": field_type,
+                        "name": name,
+                    },
+                ),
+                content_type="application/json",
             )
             self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 
@@ -272,6 +275,59 @@ 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:
+            - Select custom field exists with old version of select options
+        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 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_create_custom_field_monetary_validation(self):
         """
         GIVEN:

src/documents/views.py

@@ -2065,6 +2065,10 @@ class CustomFieldViewSet(ModelViewSet):
             )
         )
 
+    def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault("api_version", self.request.version)
+        return super().get_serializer(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class SystemStatusView(PassUserMixin):
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)

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
-    "ALLOWED_VERSIONS": ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"],
+    "ALLOWED_VERSIONS": ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7"],
 }
 
 if DEBUG: