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packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
   AutoReason,
   Datasource,
   FieldSchema,
+  ImportRowsRequest,
+  ImportRowsResponse,
   Operation,
   QueryJson,
   RelationshipType,
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   return tableToDelete
 }
 
-export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx) {
+export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx<ImportRowsRequest, ImportRowsResponse>) {
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.params.tableId)
   const { rows }: { rows: unknown } = ctx.request.body
   const schema: unknown = table.schema

packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import {
   validate as validateSchema,
 } from "../../../utilities/schema"
 import { isExternalTable, isSQL } from "../../../integrations/utils"
-import { context, events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   FetchTablesResponse,
+  ImportRowsRequest,
+  ImportRowsResponse,
   SaveTableRequest,
   SaveTableResponse,
   Table,
@@ -97,16 +99,13 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   builderSocket?.emitTableDeletion(ctx, deletedTable)
 }
 
-export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx) {
+export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx<ImportRowsRequest, ImportRowsResponse>) {
   const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
-  let db = context.getAppDB()
   let tableBefore = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
   let tableAfter = await pickApi({ tableId }).bulkImport(ctx)
 
   if (!isEqual(tableBefore, tableAfter)) {
-    await db.put(tableAfter)
-    ctx.eventEmitter &&
-      ctx.eventEmitter.emitTable(`table:save`, ctx.appId, tableAfter)
+    await sdk.tables.saveTable(tableAfter)
   }
 
   // right now we don't trigger anything for bulk import because it

packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import {
 } from "../../../utilities/rowProcessor"
 import { runStaticFormulaChecks } from "./bulkFormula"
 import {
+  ImportRowsRequest,
+  ImportRowsResponse,
   RenameColumn,
   SaveTableRequest,
   SaveTableResponse,
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: any) {
   return tableToDelete
 }
 
-export async function bulkImport(ctx: any) {
+export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx<ImportRowsRequest, ImportRowsResponse>) {
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.params.tableId)
   const { rows, identifierFields } = ctx.request.body
   await handleDataImport(ctx.user, table, rows, identifierFields)

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts

@@ -200,29 +200,16 @@ describe("/tables", () => {
         },
       })
 
-      let response = await request
-        .post(`/api/${table._id}/rows`)
-        .send({})
-        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect(200)
+      let row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+      expect(row.autoId).toEqual(1)
 
-      expect(response.body.autoId).toEqual(1)
-
-      await request
-        .post(`/api/tables/${table._id}/import`)
-        .send({
+      await config.api.row.bulkImport(table._id!, {
         rows: [{ autoId: 2 }],
+        identifierFields: [],
       })
-        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect(200)
 
-      response = await request
-        .post(`/api/${table._id}/rows`)
-        .send({})
-        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect(200)
-
-      expect(response.body.autoId).toEqual(3)
+      row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+      expect(row.autoId).toEqual(3)
     })
   })
 

packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
   Row,
   ValidateResponse,
   ExportRowsRequest,
+  ImportRowsRequest,
+  ImportRowsResponse,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
@@ -123,6 +125,19 @@ export class RowAPI extends TestAPI {
     return request
   }
 
+  bulkImport = async (
+    tableId: string,
+    body: ImportRowsRequest,
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ): Promise<ImportRowsResponse> => {
+    let request = this.request
+      .post(`/api/tables/${tableId}/import`)
+      .send(body)
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect(expectStatus)
+    return (await request).body
+  }
+
   search = async (
     sourceId: string,
     { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }

packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts

@@ -37,3 +37,12 @@ export interface ExportRowsRequest {
 }
 
 export type ExportRowsResponse = ReadStream
+
+export type ImportRowsRequest = {
+  rows: Row[]
+  identifierFields: string[]
+}
+
+export type ImportRowsResponse = {
+  message: string
+}