Create Object tool on Main Menu (#72)

* Create Object tool on Main Menu.

* Use res to make linting happy.

* Fix merge error.

* More complete, less broken.

* Modernize code.

* Make form processing React-controlled.

* Fix key.

* Pass values to API successfully.

* Update snapshots.

* Progress on object creation.

* Add support for creating top-level objects.

* Update snapshot.

* Improve tests.

* Improved property validation and tests.

* Improved property validation and tests.

* Add submit test.

* Add no-parent test.

* Expand test coverage.

* Simplify with optional chaining.

* Optimize to use map.

* Code simplification; improved error handling.

* Eliminate pointless noParent parameter.

* More targeted validation.

* Work in progress updates -- CURRENTLY BROKEN.

* Improve parameter validation.

* Fix request sending.

* Commit from GitHub Actions (Lint Pull Requests)

* More fixes.

* Progress on tests.

* Progress on tests (but still not working).

* Improved error tolerance.

* Progress on test suite (working, but with warnings).

* Fix timing issues.

* Integrate object creator into editor tool.

* Change post-submit behavior.

Co-authored-by: Chris Hallberg <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Geoffsc <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Demian Katz <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: github-actions <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 5 people

api/src/routes/edit.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,68 @@
 import express = require("express");
+import bodyParser = require("body-parser");
 import Config from "../models/Config";
-const edit = express.Router();
+import Fedora from "../services/Fedora";
+import FedoraObjectFactory from "../services/FedoraObjectFactory";
+import MetadataExtractor from "../services/MetadataExtractor";
 import { requireToken } from "./auth";
 import { pidSanitizer } from "./sanitize";
 import Solr from "../services/Solr";
+const edit = express.Router();
 
 edit.get("/models", requireToken, function (req, res) {
     res.json({ CollectionModels: Config.getInstance().collectionModels, DataModels: Config.getInstance().dataModels });
 });
 
+edit.post("/object/new", requireToken, bodyParser.json(), async function (req, res) {
+    let parentPid = req?.body?.parent;
+    if (parentPid !== null && !parentPid?.length) {
+        parentPid = null;
+    }
+    const model = req.body?.model;
+    if (!model) {
+        res.status(400).send("Missing model parameter.");
+        return;
+    }
+    const title = req.body?.title;
+    if (!title) {
+        res.status(400).send("Missing title parameter.");
+        return;
+    }
+    const state = req.body?.state;
+    if (!state) {
+        res.status(400).send("Missing state parameter.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Validate parent PID, if set:
+    if (parentPid !== null) {
+        const fedora = Fedora.getInstance();
+        const extractor = MetadataExtractor.getInstance();
+        let relsExt: string;
+        try {
+            relsExt = await fedora.getDatastreamAsString(parentPid, "RELS-EXT");
+        } catch (e) {
+            res.status(404).send("Error loading parent PID: " + parentPid);
+            return;
+        }
+        const models = extractor.extractRelations(relsExt).hasModel ?? [];
+
+        // Parents must be collections; validate!
+        if (!models.includes("info:fedora/vudl-system:CollectionModel")) {
+            res.status(400).send("Illegal parent " + parentPid + "; not a collection!");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    const factory = FedoraObjectFactory.getInstance();
+    try {
+        const newObject = await factory.build(model.replace("vudl-system:", ""), title, state, parentPid);
+        res.status(200).send(newObject.pid);
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+        res.status(400).send(e.message);
+    }
+});
+
 async function getChildren(req, res) {
     const query =
         (req.params.pid ?? "").length > 0