Help with inserting subdocuments

[luke-robertson]

Hello, iv spent the last 2 hours trying to figure this out

I have a table called issues with a array called tags : [ { value: '', label: '' }, { value: '', label: '' } ]

I started by patching this array with the old values + new values, but this means the user could edit the values on the front end technically

I then tried to use this inside a before hook on the patch :

context.app.service('issues').patch(id, { $push: { tags: data } })

But it either infinite looped or just deleted the table

How / where can i use this ?

Should it be on the before hook on a patch ?

Do i need a new API / service which will use the $push method?

[luke-robertson]

if anyone visits this, i made a new custom service for this

looked like this :

class Service {
  constructor(options) {
    this.options = options || {}
    this.issues = options.issues
  }

  async patch(id, data, params) {
    await this.issues.patch(id, { $push: { [data.target]: data } })
    return await this.issues.get(id)
  }
}

module.exports = function(options) {
  return new Service(options)
}

module.exports.Service = Service