Merge pull request #276 from directus/csv

Add csv special type, return type based on special flag

api/src/services/fields.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default class FieldsService {
 			const data = {
 				collection: column.table,
 				field: column.name,
-				type: column ? getLocalType(column.type) : 'alias',
+				type: column ? getLocalType(column.type, field?.special) : 'alias',
 				schema: column,
 				meta: field || null,
 			};
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export default class FieldsService {
 		const data = {
 			collection,
 			field,
-			type: column ? getLocalType(column.type) : 'alias',
+			type: column ? getLocalType(column.type, fieldInfo?.special) : 'alias',
 			meta: fieldInfo || null,
 			schema: column || null,
 		};
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ export default class FieldsService {
 			const type = field.type as 'float' | 'decimal';
 			/** @todo add precision and scale support */
 			column = table[type](field.field /* precision, scale */);
+		} else if (field.type === 'csv') {
+			column = table.string(field.field);
 		} else {
 			column = table[field.type](field.field);
 		}

api/src/services/payload.ts

@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ export default class PayloadService {
 			if (action === 'update') return new Date();
 			return value;
 		},
+		async csv(action, value) {
+			if (!value) return;
+			if (action === 'read') return value.split(',');
+
+			if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.join(',');
+			return value;
+		},
 	};
 
 	processValues(action: Action, payloads: Partial<Item>[]): Promise<Partial<Item>[]>;

api/src/types/field.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const types = [
 	'timestamp',
 	'binary',
 	'uuid',
+	'csv',
 ] as const;
 
 export type FieldMeta = {

api/src/utils/get-local-type.ts

@@ -78,9 +78,21 @@ const localTypeMap: Record<string, { type: typeof types[number]; useTimezone?: b
 	float8: { type: 'float' },
 };
 
-export default function getLocalType(databaseType: string): typeof types[number] | 'unknown' {
+export default function getLocalType(
+	databaseType: string,
+	special?: string | null
+): typeof types[number] | 'unknown' {
 	const type = localTypeMap[databaseType.toLowerCase().split('(')[0]];
 
+	switch (special) {
+		case 'json':
+			return 'json';
+		case 'csv':
+			return 'csv';
+		case 'uuid':
+			return 'uuid';
+	}
+
 	if (type) {
 		return type.type;
 	}