Add edit action type to writeContext, meaning update/add type is logged correctly

backend/src/routes/locality.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ router.put(
       return res.status(400).send({ validationErrors })
     }
 
-    const result = await write(editedLocality, 'now_loc', req.user!.initials, comment ?? '')
+    const result = await write(
+      editedLocality,
+      'now_loc',
+      req.user!.initials,
+      comment ?? '',
+      editedLocality.lid ? 'update' : 'add'
+    )
     return res.status(200).send(result ? { id: result } : { error: 'error' })
   }
 )

backend/src/services/write/write.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { pool } from '../../utils/db'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
 import {
+  ActionType,
   AllowedTables,
   CustomObject,
   DbValue,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export type WriteContext = {
   connection: PoolConnection
   writeList: WriteItem[]
   username: string
+  type: ActionType
 }
 
 const writeTable = async <T extends CustomObject>(obj: T, tableName: AllowedTables, writeContext: WriteContext) => {
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ const writeTable = async <T extends CustomObject>(obj: T, tableName: AllowedTabl
   return id
 }
 
-export const write: WriteFunction = async (data, tableName, userInitials, comment) => {
+export const write: WriteFunction = async (data, tableName, userInitials, comment, type) => {
   const connection = await pool.getConnection()
   await connection.beginTransaction()
 
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ export const write: WriteFunction = async (data, tableName, userInitials, commen
     connection,
     writeList: [],
     username: userInitials,
+    type,
   }
 
   try {

backend/src/services/write/writeUtils.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const logAllUpdates = async (
   }
 
   const rootUpdateEntry: UpdateEntry = {
-    type: 'add', // TODO fix: this should probably be received as an argument?
+    type: writeContext.type,
     table: tableName,
     id,
     logRows: writeList.flatMap(writeItem =>
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ export type WriteFunction = <T extends CustomObject>(
   data: T,
   tableName: PrimaryTables,
   username: string,
-  comment: string
+  comment: string,
+  type: ActionType
 ) =>
   | Promise<string | number>
   | ((data: EditDataType<ReferenceDetailsType>, tableName: 'ref_ref') => Promise<string | number>)