Fix update bug with work items and activities. Fix placement of item in AR view

server/src/api/routes/ActivityRoutes.js

@@ -111,13 +111,7 @@ export class ActivityRoutes {
     }
 
     let Activity = this.db.Activity
-    let activityUpdates = null
-
-    try {
-      activityUpdates = new Activity(req.body)
-    } catch (err) {
-      throw createError.BadRequest("Invalid data")
-    }
+    let activityUpdates = req.body
 
     const foundActivity = await Activity.findById(activityUpdates._id)
 
@@ -127,9 +121,13 @@ export class ActivityRoutes {
       )
     }
 
-    foundActivity.merge(activityUpdates)
+    // Strip off all BSON types
+    foundActivity = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(foundActivity))
 
-    const savedActivity = await foundActivity.save()
+    const mergedActivity = Activity.hydrate(
+      merge(foundActivity, activityUpdates)
+    )
+    const savedActivity = await mergedActivity.save()
 
     res.json(savedActivity.toClient())
   }

server/src/api/routes/WorkItemRoutes.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import passport from "passport"
 import createError from "http-errors"
 import autobind from "autobind-decorator"
+import merge from "deepmerge"
 import { catchAll } from "."
 
 @autobind
@@ -146,15 +147,8 @@ export class WorkItemRoutes {
     }
 
     let WorkItem = this.db.WorkItem
-    let workItemUpdates = null
-
-    try {
-      workItemUpdates = new WorkItem(req.body)
-    } catch (err) {
-      throw createError.BadRequest("Invalid data")
-    }
-
-    const foundWorkItem = await WorkItem.findById(workItemUpdates._id)
+    let workItemUpdates = req.body
+    let foundWorkItem = await WorkItem.findById(workItemUpdates._id)
 
     if (!foundWorkItem) {
       return next(
@@ -162,9 +156,13 @@ export class WorkItemRoutes {
       )
     }
 
-    foundWorkItem.merge(workItemUpdates)
+    // Strip off all BSON types
+    foundWorkItem = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(foundWorkItem))
 
-    const savedWorkItem = await foundWorkItem.save()
+    const mergedWorkItem = WorkItem.hydrate(
+      merge(foundWorkItem, workItemUpdates)
+    )
+    const savedWorkItem = await mergedWorkItem.save()
 
     res.json(savedWorkItem.toClient())
   }

server/src/database/schemas/workItem.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const workItemSchema = new Schema(
       coordinates: [Number],
     },
     address: String,
-    photos: [Schema.Types.ObjectId],
+    photos: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId }],
     details: String,
     ticketNumber: { type: Number, default: 0 },
   },