Crude send only changed fields

src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts

@@ -793,11 +793,30 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
       })
   }
 
+  private getChangedFields(): any {
+    const changes = {
+      id: this.document.id,
+    }
+    Object.keys(this.documentForm.controls).forEach((key) => {
+      if (this.documentForm.get(key).dirty) {
+        if (key === 'permissions_form') {
+          changes['owner'] =
+            this.documentForm.get('permissions_form').value['owner']
+          changes['set_permissions'] =
+            this.documentForm.get('permissions_form').value['set_permissions']
+        } else {
+          changes[key] = this.documentForm.get(key).value
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    return changes
+  }
+
   save(close: boolean = false) {
     this.networkActive = true
     ;(document.activeElement as HTMLElement)?.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'))
     this.documentsService
-      .patch(this.document)
+      .patch(this.getChangedFields())
       .pipe(first())
       .subscribe({
         next: (docValues) => {
@@ -851,7 +870,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     this.networkActive = true
     this.store.next(this.documentForm.value)
     this.documentsService
-      .patch(this.document)
+      .patch(this.getChangedFields())
       .pipe(
         switchMap((updateResult) => {
           return this.documentListViewService
@@ -1304,6 +1323,8 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
       created: new Date(),
     })
     this.updateFormForCustomFields(true)
+    this.documentForm.get('custom_fields').markAsDirty()
+    this.documentForm.updateValueAndValidity()
   }
 
   public removeField(fieldInstance: CustomFieldInstance) {
@@ -1312,6 +1333,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
       1
     )
     this.updateFormForCustomFields(true)
+    this.documentForm.get('custom_fields').markAsDirty()
     this.documentForm.updateValueAndValidity()
   }
 

src-ui/src/app/services/rest/document.service.spec.ts

@@ -268,15 +268,15 @@ describe(`DocumentService`, () => {
     expect(req.request.method).toEqual('GET')
   })
 
-  it('should pass remove_inbox_tags setting to update', () => {
-    subscription = service.update(documents[0]).subscribe()
+  it('should pass remove_inbox_tags setting to patch', () => {
+    subscription = service.patch(documents[0]).subscribe()
     let req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
       `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/${documents[0].id}/`
     )
     expect(req.request.body.remove_inbox_tags).toEqual(false)
 
     settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_REMOVE_INBOX_TAGS, true)
-    subscription = service.update(documents[0]).subscribe()
+    subscription = service.patch(documents[0]).subscribe()
     req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
       `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/${documents[0].id}/`
     )

src-ui/src/app/services/rest/document.service.ts

@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ export class DocumentService extends AbstractPaperlessService<Document> {
     return this.http.get<number>(this.getResourceUrl(null, 'next_asn'))
   }
 
-  update(o: Document): Observable<Document> {
+  patch(o: Document): Observable<Document> {
     // we want to only set created_date
-    o.created = undefined
+    delete o.created
     o.remove_inbox_tags = !!this.settingsService.get(
       SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_REMOVE_INBOX_TAGS
     )
-    return super.update(o)
+    return super.patch(o)
   }
 
   uploadDocument(formData) {