fix(media-upload): rework create and media services saveFile

This was done to make the create method more concise.

Signed-off-by: Philip Molares <philip.molares@udo.edu>

src/media/media-upload.entity.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import {
   Column,
   CreateDateColumn,
@@ -53,24 +52,32 @@ export class MediaUpload {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
   private constructor() {}
 
+  /**
+   * Create a new media upload enity
+   * @param id the id of the upload
+   * @param note the note the upload should be associated with. This is required despite the fact the note field is optional, because it's possible to delete a note without also deleting the associated media uploads, but a note is required for the initial creation.
+   * @param user the user that owns the upload
+   * @param extension which file extension the upload has
+   * @param backendType on which type of media backend the upload is saved
+   * @param backendData the backend data returned by the media backend
+   * @param fileUrl the url where the upload can be accessed
+   */
   public static create(
+    id: string,
     note: Note,
     user: User,
     extension: string,
     backendType: BackendType,
-    backendData?: string,
+    backendData: BackendData | null,
+    fileUrl: string,
   ): Omit<MediaUpload, 'createdAt'> {
     const upload = new MediaUpload();
-    const randomBytes = crypto.randomBytes(16);
+    upload.id = id;
-    upload.id = randomBytes.toString('hex') + '.' + extension;
     upload.note = note;
     upload.user = user;
     upload.backendType = backendType;
-    if (backendData) {
     upload.backendData = backendData;
-    } else {
+    upload.fileUrl = fileUrl;
-      upload.backendData = null;
-    }
     return upload;
   }
 }

src/media/media.service.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ModuleRef } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as FileType from 'file-type';
 import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
 
@@ -88,19 +89,19 @@ export class MediaService {
     if (!MediaService.isAllowedMimeType(fileTypeResult.mime)) {
       throw new ClientError('MIME type not allowed.');
     }
+    const randomBytes = crypto.randomBytes(16);
+    const id = randomBytes.toString('hex') + '.' + fileTypeResult.ext;
+    this.logger.debug(`Generated filename: '${id}'`, 'saveFile');
+    const [url, backendData] = await this.mediaBackend.saveFile(fileBuffer, id);
     const mediaUpload = MediaUpload.create(
+      id,
       note,
       user,
       fileTypeResult.ext,
       this.mediaBackendType,
+      backendData,
+      url,
     );
-    this.logger.debug(`Generated filename: '${mediaUpload.id}'`, 'saveFile');
-    const [url, backendData] = await this.mediaBackend.saveFile(
-      fileBuffer,
-      mediaUpload.id,
-    );
-    mediaUpload.backendData = backendData;
-    mediaUpload.fileUrl = url;
     await this.mediaUploadRepository.save(mediaUpload);
     return url;
   }