feat(validationPipe): Global Exception Filter basic setup using APP_FILTER and APP_PIPE

docs/swagger/swagger-spec.json

@@ -876,6 +876,52 @@
         ]
       }
     },
+    "/shifts/upsert/{email}/{date}": {
+      "put": {
+        "operationId": "ShiftsController_upsert_by_date",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "email",
+            "required": true,
+            "in": "path",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "date",
+            "required": true,
+            "in": "path",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "required": true,
+          "content": {
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UpsertShiftDto"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": ""
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "access-token": []
+          }
+        ],
+        "tags": [
+          "Shifts"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
     "/shifts": {
       "post": {
         "operationId": "ShiftsController_create",
@@ -2513,6 +2559,10 @@
           }
         }
       },
+      "UpsertShiftDto": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {}
+      },
       "CreateShiftDto": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {

src/app.module.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { BadRequestException, Module, ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
 import { ArchivalModule } from './modules/archival/archival.module';
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import { ShiftsModule } from './modules/shifts/shifts.module';
 import { TimesheetsModule } from './modules/timesheets/timesheets.module';
 import { UsersModule } from './modules/users-management/users.module';
 import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { APP_FILTER, APP_PIPE } from '@nestjs/core';
+import { HttpExceptionFilter } from './common/filters/http-exception.filter';
+import { ValidationError } from 'class-validator';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
@@ -46,6 +49,29 @@ import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
     UsersModule,
     ],
   controllers: [AppController, HealthController],
-  providers: [AppService, OvertimeService],
+  providers: [
+    AppService,
+    OvertimeService,
+    {
+      provide: APP_FILTER,
+      useClass: HttpExceptionFilter
+    },
+    {
+      provide: APP_PIPE,
+      useValue: new ValidationPipe({
+        whitelist: true,
+        forbidNonWhitelisted: true,
+        transform: true,
+        exceptionFactory: (errors: ValidationError[] = [])=> {
+          const messages = errors.flatMap((e)=> Object.values(e.constraints ?? {}));
+            return new BadRequestException({
+            statusCode: 400,
+            error: 'Bad Request',
+            message: messages.length ? messages : errors,
+          });
+        },
+      }),
+    },
+  ],
 })
 export class AppModule {}

src/common/filters/http-exception.filter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { ArgumentsHost, Catch, ExceptionFilter, HttpException } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { Request, Response } from 'express';
+
+@Catch(HttpException)
+export class HttpExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
+    catch(exception: HttpException, host: ArgumentsHost) {
+        const http_context = host.switchToHttp();
+        const response     = http_context.getResponse<Response>();
+        const request      = http_context.getRequest<Request>();
+        const http_status  = exception.getStatus();
+
+        const exception_response = exception.getResponse();
+        const normalized = typeof exception_response === 'string'
+                                                    ? { message: exception_response }
+                                                    : (exception_response as Record<string, unknown>);
+        const response_body = {
+            statusCode: http_status,
+            timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+            path: request.url,
+            ...normalized,
+        };
+        response.status(http_status).json(response_body);
+    }
+}

src/main.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { ATT_TMP_DIR } from './config/attachment.config'; // log to be removed p
 
 import { ModuleRef, NestFactory, Reflector } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
-import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
 // import { JwtAuthGuard } from './modules/authentication/guards/jwt-auth.guard';
 import { RolesGuard } from './common/guards/roles.guard';
 import { OwnershipGuard } from './common/guards/ownership.guard';
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ async function bootstrap() {
 
   const reflector = app.get(Reflector); //setup Reflector for Roles()
 
-  app.useGlobalPipes(
-    new ValidationPipe({ whitelist: true, transform: true}));
   app.useGlobalGuards(
     // new JwtAuthGuard(reflector), //Authentification JWT
     new RolesGuard(reflector), //deny-by-default and Role-based Access Control

src/modules/shifts/helpers/shifts-date-time-helpers.ts

@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ export function toDateOnlyUTC(input: string | Date): Date {
     const date = new Date(input);
     return new Date(Date.UTC(date.getUTCFullYear(), date.getUTCMonth(), date.getUTCDate()));
 }
-

src/modules/shifts/services/shifts-command.service.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { BaseApprovalService } from "src/common/shared/base-approval.service";
 import { PrismaService } from "src/prisma/prisma.service";
 import { ShiftPayloadDto, UpsertShiftDto } from "../dtos/upsert-shift.dto";
 import { timeFromHHMMUTC, toDateOnlyUTC, weekStartMondayUTC } from "../helpers/shifts-date-time-helpers";
-import { error, time } from "console";
 
 type DayShiftResponse = {
   start_time: string;
@@ -16,14 +15,10 @@ type DayShiftResponse = {
 
 type UpsertAction = 'created' | 'updated' | 'deleted';
 
-
-
-
 @Injectable()
 export class ShiftsCommandService extends BaseApprovalService<Shifts> {
   constructor(prisma: PrismaService) { super(prisma); }
 
-
 //create/update/delete master method
 async upsertShfitsByDate(email:string, date_string: string, dto: UpsertShiftDto):
   Promise<{ action: UpsertAction; day: DayShiftResponse[] }> {
@@ -230,7 +225,6 @@ async upsertShfitsByDate(email:string, date_string: string, dto: UpsertShiftDto)
     return result;
   }
 
-
   private normalize_shift_payload(payload: ShiftPayloadDto) {
     //normalize shift's infos
     const start_time  = timeFromHHMMUTC(payload.start_time);
@@ -271,8 +265,6 @@ async upsertShfitsByDate(email:string, date_string: string, dto: UpsertShiftDto)
     return `${hh}:${mm}`;
   }
 
-
-
   //approval methods
 
   protected get delegate() {
@@ -288,17 +280,4 @@ async upsertShfitsByDate(email:string, date_string: string, dto: UpsertShiftDto)
       this.updateApprovalWithTransaction(transaction, id, is_approved),
     );
   }
-
-
-  
-
-
-  /*
-      old without new = delete
-      new without old = post
-      old with new = patch old with new
-  */
-   async upsertShift(old_shift?: UpsertShiftDto, new_shift?: UpsertShiftDto) {
-    
-   }
 }