Implement more efficient getFew for document retrieval

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.spec.ts

@@ -48,10 +48,15 @@ describe('DocumentLinkComponent', () => {
     fixture.detectChanges()
   })
 
-  it('should retrieve selected documents from APIs', () => {
-    const getSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getCachedMany')
+  it('should retrieve selected documents from API', () => {
+    const getSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getFew')
     getSpy.mockImplementation((ids) => {
-      return of(documents.filter((d) => ids.includes(d.id)))
+      const docs = documents.filter((d) => ids.includes(d.id))
+      return of({
+        count: docs.length,
+        all: docs.map((d) => d.id),
+        results: docs,
+      })
     })
     component.writeValue([1])
     expect(getSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
@@ -85,8 +90,14 @@ describe('DocumentLinkComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should load values correctly', () => {
-    jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getCachedMany').mockImplementation((ids) => {
-      return of(documents.filter((d) => ids.includes(d.id)))
+    const getSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getFew')
+    getSpy.mockImplementation((ids) => {
+      const docs = documents.filter((d) => ids.includes(d.id))
+      return of({
+        count: docs.length,
+        all: docs.map((d) => d.id),
+        results: docs,
+      })
     })
     component.writeValue([12, 23])
     expect(component.value).toEqual([12, 23])
@@ -100,9 +111,14 @@ describe('DocumentLinkComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should support unselect', () => {
-    const getSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getCachedMany')
+    const getSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getFew')
     getSpy.mockImplementation((ids) => {
-      return of(documents.filter((d) => ids.includes(d.id)))
+      const docs = documents.filter((d) => ids.includes(d.id))
+      return of({
+        count: docs.length,
+        all: docs.map((d) => d.id),
+        results: docs,
+      })
     })
     component.writeValue([12, 23])
     component.unselect({ id: 23 })

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.ts

@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ export class DocumentLinkComponent
     } else {
       this.loading = true
       this.documentsService
-        .getCachedMany(documentIDs)
+        .getFew(documentIDs, { fields: 'id,title' })
         .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
-        .subscribe((documents) => {
+        .subscribe((documentResults) => {
           this.loading = false
-          this.selectedDocuments = documents
+          this.selectedDocuments = documentResults.results
           super.writeValue(documentIDs)
         })
     }

src-ui/src/app/services/rest/abstract-paperless-service.spec.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,21 @@ export const commonAbstractPaperlessServiceTests = (endpoint, ServiceClass) => {
       expect(req.request.method).toEqual('PATCH')
       req.flush([])
     })
+
+    test('should call appropriate api endpoint for get a few objects', () => {
+      subscription = service.getFew([1, 2, 3]).subscribe()
+      const req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
+        `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/?id__in=1,2,3`
+      )
+      expect(req.request.method).toEqual('GET')
+      req.flush([])
+      subscription = service.getFew([4, 5, 6], { foo: 'bar' }).subscribe()
+      const req2 = httpTestingController.expectOne(
+        `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/?id__in=4,5,6&foo=bar`
+      )
+      expect(req2.request.method).toEqual('GET')
+      req2.flush([])
+    })
   })
 
   beforeEach(() => {

src-ui/src/app/services/rest/abstract-paperless-service.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@ export abstract class AbstractPaperlessService<T extends ObjectWithId> {
     )
   }
 
+  getFew(ids: number[], extraParams?): Observable<Results<T>> {
+    let httpParams = new HttpParams()
+    httpParams = httpParams.set('id__in', ids.join(','))
+    for (let extraParamKey in extraParams) {
+      if (extraParams[extraParamKey] != null) {
+        httpParams = httpParams.set(extraParamKey, extraParams[extraParamKey])
+      }
+    }
+    return this.http.get<Results<T>>(this.getResourceUrl(), {
+      params: httpParams,
+    })
+  }
+
   clearCache() {
     this._listAll = null
   }