Improved Directus Search

import type { HookConfig } from '@directus/extensions';
import { FieldFilter, FieldFilterOperator, LogicalFilterOR } from '@directus/types';
import { validate as isUuid } from 'uuid';

type COLLECTION = string;
type FIELD = string;

type ISearchOptions = Record<
	COLLECTION,
	{
		string?: Record<FIELD, true | 'uppercase' | 'lowercase'>;
		number?: Record<FIELD, '_contains' | '_eq'>;
	}
>;

// CHANGE THESE OPTIONS TO SUITE YOUR NEEDS
const SearchOptions: ISearchOptions = {
	activities: {
		string: {
			'translations.title': true,
			slug: true,
			'event.reference': true,
			status: 'lowercase',
		},
	},
	activity_registrations: {
		string: {
			'person.display': true,
		},
		number: {
			person: '_eq',
			organization: '_eq',
		},
	},
	events: {
		string: {
			organizer: 'lowercase',
			reference: true,
			'event_translations.title': true,
		},
	},
	registrations: {
		string: {
			'person.display': 'lowercase',
		},
		number: {
			person: '_eq',
			organization: '_eq',
		},
	},
	persons: {
		number: {
			id: '_eq',
		},
	},
	categories: {
		string: {
			'parent.translations.title': true,
			'translations.title': true,
			for: 'lowercase',
		},
	},
	locations: {
		string: {
			'translations.name': true,
			type: 'lowercase',
		},
	},
	translation_devices: {
		string: {
			'person.display': true,
			person: 'uppercase',
			serial_no: 'lowercase',
		},
		number: {
			serial_no: '_eq',
		},
	},
};

const relationFields = new Set(['uuid', 'm2o', 'user-created', 'user-updated']);
const numberTypes = new Set(['integer', 'float']);
const skipTypes = new Set(['alias', 'boolean', 'json']);

const registerHook: HookConfig = ({ filter }) => {
	filter('items.query', async (query: { search?: string }, meta, context) => {
		const { search } = query;
		const { schema, accountability } = context;

		if (!search || !schema || !accountability) return query;

		const { collection } = meta;
		const collectionSchema = schema.collections[collection];

		if (!collectionSchema) return query;

		const newQuery = { filter: {}, ...query };
		delete newQuery.search;
		const filter = newQuery.filter as LogicalFilterOR;
		if (search) {
			filter._or = filter._or || [];
			const fields = {};

			if (accountability.admin) Object.assign(fields, collectionSchema.fields);
			else {
				const permission = accountability.permissions?.find(p => (p.action === 'read' && p.collection) === collection);
				if (!permission) return query;

				if (permission.fields?.includes('*')) Object.assign(fields, collectionSchema.fields);
				else {
					for (const field of permission.fields || []) {
						if (collectionSchema.fields[field]) fields[field] = collectionSchema.fields[field];
					}
				}
			}

			// If search value is uuid, then only search uuid fields
			if (isUuid(search)) {
				for (const field in fields) {
					if (
						fields[field].type === 'uuid' ||
						(fields[field].type === 'string' && fields[field].special.some(s => relationFields.has(s)))
					) {
						filter._or.push({ [field]: { _eq: search } });
					}
				}
			} else if (isNaN(Number(search))) {
				if (collection in SearchOptions && SearchOptions[collection].string) {
					for (const field in SearchOptions[collection].string) {
						const path = field.split('.');
						// User might not have access to this field
						if (!fields[path[0]]) continue;

						const subFilter: FieldFilter = {};
						let lastPath = subFilter as FieldFilterOperator;
						for (const key of path) {
							lastPath[key] = {};
							lastPath = lastPath[key] as FieldFilter;
						}

						if (SearchOptions[collection][field] === 'lowercase') {
							lastPath._contains = search.toLowerCase();
						} else if (SearchOptions[collection][field] === 'uppercase') {
							lastPath._contains = search.toUpperCase();
						} else {
							// Since we know the search term is string we use _icontains
							lastPath._contains = search;
						}

						filter._or.push(subFilter);
					}
				} else {
					for (const field in fields) {
						const { type } = fields[field];
						if (skipTypes.has(type)) continue;

						if (type === 'date') {
							// Use regex to check date format
							if (!search.match(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/)) continue;

							// Since it is a string we expect the full date
							if (search.length === 10) {
								filter._or.push({ [field]: { _eq: search } });
							}
						} else if (type === 'time') {
							// Use regex to check time format
							if (!search.match(/^\d{2}:\d{2}$/)) continue;

							if (search.length === 5) {
								filter._or.push({ [field]: { _eq: search } });
							}
						} else if (type === 'timestamp') {
							if (!search.match(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}.\d{2}:\d{2}.*$/)) continue;
							filter._or.push({ [field]: { _contains: search } });
						} else if (type === 'uuid') {
							filter._or.push({ [field]: { _eq: search } });
						} else if (!numberTypes.has(type)) {
							filter._or.push({ [field]: { _contains: search } });
						}
					}
				}
			} else {
				const specialNumFields = collection in SearchOptions ? SearchOptions[collection].number : undefined;
				for (const field in fields) {
					const { type } = fields[field];
					if (skipTypes.has(type)) continue;

					if (specialNumFields && specialNumFields[field]) {
						filter._or.push({ [field]: { [specialNumFields[field]]: search } });
					} else if (type === 'date') {
						// Since it is a number we check only for 4 digit year
						if (search.length === 4) {
							filter._or.push({ [`year(${field})`]: { _eq: Number(search) } });
						}
					} else if (numberTypes.has(type)) {
						filter._or.push({ [field]: { _eq: Number(search) } });
					}
				}
			}
		}

		return newQuery;
	});
};

export default registerHook;

@u12206050 Directus v11 removed accountability.permissions, and I don't find others way to access to permissions than permissionsService.findByQuery(...) at every request, because we cannot access stores on service side. I am missing something ?

@u12206050 I found :

import { fetchPolicies } from '@directus/api/permissions/lib/fetch-policies';
import { fetchPermissions } from '@directus/api/permissions/lib/fetch-permissions';

(...)

const policies = await fetchPolicies(accountability, context);
const permissions = (await fetchPermissions({
	action: 'read',
	collections: [collection],
	policies,
	accountability: accountability,
}, context));
const permission = permissions?.[0];