# @where, @filters, @limit, @offset, @orders
module LoadParam
- # Default limit on number of rows to return in a single query.
+ # Default number of rows to return in a single query.
DEFAULT_LIMIT = 100
+ # Maximum number of rows to return in a single query, even if the client asks for more.
+ MAX_LIMIT = 1000
+
# Load params[:where] into @where
def load_where_param
if params[:where].nil? or params[:where] == ""
elsif params[:filters].is_a? String and !params[:filters].empty?
begin
f = Oj.load params[:filters]
- raise unless f.is_a? Array
- @filters += f
+ if not f.nil?
+ raise unless f.is_a? Array
+ @filters += f
+ end
rescue
raise ArgumentError.new("Could not parse \"filters\" param as an array")
end
unless params[:limit].to_s.match(/^\d+$/)
raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid value for limit parameter")
end
- @limit = params[:limit].to_i
+ @limit = [params[:limit].to_i, MAX_LIMIT].min
else
@limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT
end
end
@orders = []
- if params[:order]
- params[:order].split(',').each do |order|
+ if (params[:order].is_a?(Array) && !params[:order].empty?) || !params[:order].blank?
+ od = []
+ (case params[:order]
+ when String
+ if params[:order].starts_with? '['
+ od = Oj.load(params[:order])
+ raise unless od.is_a? Array
+ od
+ else
+ params[:order].split(',')
+ end
+ when Array
+ params[:order]
+ else
+ []
+ end).each do |order|
+ order = order.to_s
attr, direction = order.strip.split " "
direction ||= 'asc'
+ # The attr can have its table unspecified if it happens to be for the current "model_class" (the first case)
+ # or it can be fully specified with the database tablename (the second case) (e.g. "collections.name").
+ # NB that the security check for the second case table_name will not work if the model
+ # has used set_table_name to use an alternate table name from the Rails standard.
+ # I could not find a perfect way to handle this well, but ActiveRecord::Base.send(:descendants)
+ # would be a place to start if this ever becomes necessary.
if attr.match /^[a-z][_a-z0-9]+$/ and
model_class.columns.collect(&:name).index(attr) and
['asc','desc'].index direction.downcase
@orders << "#{table_name}.#{attr} #{direction.downcase}"
+ elsif attr.match /^([a-z][_a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z][_a-z0-9]+)$/ and
+ ['asc','desc'].index(direction.downcase) and
+ ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.include?($1) and
+ $1.classify.constantize.columns.collect(&:name).index($2)
+ # $1 in the above checks references the first match from the regular expression, which is expected to be the database table name
+ # $2 is of course the actual database column name
+ @orders << "#{attr} #{direction.downcase}"
end
end
end
+
if @orders.empty?
- @orders << default_orders
+ @orders = default_orders
+ end
+
+ case params[:select]
+ when Array
+ @select = params[:select]
+ when String
+ begin
+ @select = Oj.load params[:select]
+ raise unless @select.is_a? Array or @select.nil?
+ rescue
+ raise ArgumentError.new("Could not parse \"select\" param as an array")
+ end
end
- end
+ if @select
+ # Any ordering columns must be selected when doing select,
+ # otherwise it is an SQL error, so filter out invaliding orderings.
+ @orders.select! { |o|
+ # match select column against order array entry
+ @select.select { |s| /^#{table_name}.#{s}( (asc|desc))?$/.match o }.any?
+ }
+ end
+
+ @distinct = true if (params[:distinct] == true || params[:distinct] == "true")
+ @distinct = false if (params[:distinct] == false || params[:distinct] == "false")
+ end
end