feat(writeapi): added POST /api/v1/groups

public/openapi/components/schemas/GroupObject.yaml

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ GroupFullObject:
   nullable: true
 GroupDataObject:
   type: object
-  description: The response from an internal call to `Groups.getGroupData(<groupname>, [])` with **explicitly** no fields passed in
+  description: The response from an internal call to `Groups.getGroupsFields(<groupname>, [])` with **explicitly** no fields passed in
   properties:
     name:
       type: string

public/openapi/write.yaml

@@ -364,6 +364,61 @@ paths:
                     $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
                   response:
                     $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryObj'
+  /groups/:
+    post:
+      tags:
+        - groups
+      summary: Create a new group
+      description: This operation creates a new group
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                name:
+                  type: string
+                timestamp:
+                  type: number
+                disableJoinRequests:
+                  type: number
+                  enum: [0, 1]
+                disableLeave:
+                  type: number
+                  enum: [0, 1]
+                hidden:
+                  type: number
+                  enum: [0, 1]
+                ownerUid:
+                  type: number
+                private:
+                  type: number
+                  enum: [0, 1]
+                description:
+                  type: string
+                userTitleEnabled:
+                  type: number
+                  enum: [0, 1]
+                createtime:
+                  type: number
+              required:
+                - name
+            example:
+              name: 'My Test Group'
+              hidden: 1
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: group successfully created
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  status:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
+                  response:
+                    $ref: components/schemas/GroupObject.yaml#/GroupDataObject
 components:
   schemas:
     Status:

public/src/admin/manage/groups.js

@@ -37,20 +37,22 @@ define('admin/manage/groups', [
 				hidden: $('#create-group-hidden').is(':checked') ? 1 : 0,
 			};
 
-			socket.emit('admin.groups.create', submitObj, function (err, groupData) {
-				if (err) {
-					if (err.hasOwnProperty('message') && utils.hasLanguageKey(err.message)) {
-						err = '[[admin/manage/groups:alerts.create-failure]]';
-					}
-					createModalError.translateHtml(err).removeClass('hide');
-				} else {
-					createModalError.addClass('hide');
-					createGroupName.val('');
-					createModal.on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
-						ajaxify.go('admin/manage/groups/' + groupData.name);
-					});
-					createModal.modal('hide');
+			$.ajax({
+				url: config.relative_path + '/api/v1/groups',
+				method: 'post',
+				data: submitObj,
+			}).done(function (res) {
+				createModalError.addClass('hide');
+				createGroupName.val('');
+				createModal.on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
+					ajaxify.go('admin/manage/groups/' + res.response.name);
+				});
+				createModal.modal('hide');
+			}).fail(function (ev) {
+				if (utils.hasLanguageKey(ev.responseJSON.status.message)) {
+					ev.responseJSON.status.message = '[[admin/manage/groups:alerts.create-failure]]';
 				}
+				createModalError.translateHtml(ev.responseJSON.status.message).removeClass('hide');
 			});
 		});
 

public/src/client/groups/list.js

@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ define('forum/groups/list', ['forum/infinitescroll', 'benchpress'], function (in
 		$('button[data-action="new"]').on('click', function () {
 			bootbox.prompt('[[groups:new-group.group_name]]', function (name) {
 				if (name && name.length) {
-					socket.emit('groups.create', {
-						name: name,
-					}, function (err) {
-						if (!err) {
-							ajaxify.go('groups/' + utils.slugify(name));
-						} else {
-							app.alertError(err.message);
-						}
+					$.ajax({
+						url: config.relative_path + '/api/v1/groups',
+						method: 'post',
+						data: {
+							name: name,
+						},
+					}).done(function (res) {
+						ajaxify.go('groups/' + res.response.slug);
+					}).fail(function (ev) {
+						app.alertError(ev.responseJSON.status.message);
 					});
 				}
 			});

src/controllers/write/groups.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const groups = require('../../groups');
+const events = require('../../events');
+
+const helpers = require('../helpers');
+
+const Groups = module.exports;
+
+Groups.create = async (req, res) => {
+	if (typeof req.body.name !== 'string' || groups.isPrivilegeGroup(req.body.name)) {
+		throw new Error('[[error:invalid-group-name]]');
+	}
+
+	if (!res.locals.privileges['group:create']) {
+		throw new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]');
+	}
+
+	req.body.ownerUid = req.user.uid;
+	req.body.system = false;
+
+	const groupObj = await groups.create(req.body);
+	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, groupObj);
+	logGroupEvent(req, 'group-create', {
+		groupName: req.body.name,
+	});
+};
+
+function logGroupEvent(req, event, additional) {
+	events.log({
+		type: event,
+		uid: req.user.uid,
+		ip: req.ip,
+		...additional,
+	});
+}

src/groups/create.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 
 		const memberCount = data.hasOwnProperty('ownerUid') ? 1 : 0;
 		const isPrivate = data.hasOwnProperty('private') && data.private !== undefined ? parseInt(data.private, 10) === 1 : true;
-		const groupData = {
+		let groupData = {
 			name: data.name,
 			slug: utils.slugify(data.name),
 			createtime: timestamp,
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 		if (data.hasOwnProperty('ownerUid')) {
 			await db.setAdd('group:' + groupData.name + ':owners', data.ownerUid);
 			await db.sortedSetAdd('group:' + groupData.name + ':members', timestamp, data.ownerUid);
-
-			groupData.ownerUid = data.ownerUid;
 		}
 
 		if (!isHidden && !isSystem) {
@@ -62,6 +60,7 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 
 		await db.setObjectField('groupslug:groupname', groupData.slug, groupData.name);
 
+		groupData = await Groups.getGroupData(groupData.name);
 		plugins.fireHook('action:group.create', { group: groupData });
 		return groupData;
 	};

src/middleware/expose.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 const user = require('../user');
+const privileges = require('../privileges');
 const utils = require('../utils');
 
 module.exports = function (middleware) {
@@ -37,4 +38,10 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 		res.locals.privileges = hash;
 		return next();
 	};
+
+	middleware.exposePrivilegeSet = async (req, res, next) => {
+		// Exposes a user's global privilege set
+		res.locals.privileges = await privileges.global.get(req.user.uid);
+		return next();
+	};
 };

src/routes/write/groups.js

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const router = require('express').Router();
+const middleware = require('../../middleware');
+const controllers = require('../../controllers');
+const routeHelpers = require('../helpers');
+
+const setupApiRoute = routeHelpers.setupApiRoute;
+
+module.exports = function () {
+	const middlewares = [middleware.authenticate];
+
+	setupApiRoute(router, '/', middleware, [...middlewares, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['name']), middleware.exposePrivilegeSet], 'post', controllers.write.groups.create);
+
+	// app.delete('/:slug', apiMiddleware.requireUser, middleware.exposeGroupName, apiMiddleware.validateGroup, apiMiddleware.requireGroupOwner, function(req, res) {
+	// 	Groups.destroy(res.locals.groupName, function(err) {
+	// 		errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	// 	});
+	// });
+
+	// app.put('/:slug/membership', apiMiddleware.requireUser, middleware.exposeGroupName, apiMiddleware.validateGroup, function(req, res) {
+	// 	if (Meta.config.allowPrivateGroups !== '0') {
+	// 		Groups.isPrivate(res.locals.groupName, function(err, isPrivate) {
+	// 			if (isPrivate) {
+	// 				Groups.requestMembership(res.locals.groupName, req.user.uid, function(err) {
+	// 					errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	// 				});
+	// 			} else {
+	// 				Groups.join(res.locals.groupName, req.user.uid, function(err) {
+	// 					errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	// 				});
+	// 			}
+	// 		});
+	// 	} else {
+	// 		Groups.join(res.locals.groupName, req.user.uid, function(err) {
+	// 			errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	// 		});
+	// 	}
+	// });
+
+	// app.put('/:slug/membership/:uid', middleware.exposeGroupName, apiMiddleware.validateGroup, apiMiddleware.requireUser, apiMiddleware.requireAdmin, function(req, res) {
+	// 	Groups.join(res.locals.groupName, req.params.uid, function(err) {
+	// 		errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	// 	});
+	// });
+
+	// app.delete('/:slug/membership', apiMiddleware.requireUser, middleware.exposeGroupName, apiMiddleware.validateGroup, function(req, res) {
+	// 	Groups.isMember(req.user.uid, res.locals.groupName, function(err, isMember) {
+	// 		if (isMember) {
+	// 			Groups.leave(res.locals.groupName, req.user.uid, function(err) {
+	// 				errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	// 			});
+	// 		} else {
+	// 			errorHandler.respond(400, res);
+	// 		}
+	// 	});
+	// });
+
+	// app.delete('/:slug/membership/:uid', middleware.exposeGroupName, apiMiddleware.validateGroup, apiMiddleware.requireUser, apiMiddleware.requireAdmin, function(req, res) {
+	//     Groups.isMember(req.params.uid, res.locals.groupName, function(err, isMember) {
+	//         if (isMember) {
+	//             Groups.leave(res.locals.groupName, req.params.uid, function(err) {
+	//                 errorHandler.handle(err, res);
+	//             });
+	//         } else {
+	//             errorHandler.respond(400, res);
+	//         }
+	//     });
+	// });
+
+	return router;
+};

src/socket.io/admin/groups.js

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const groups = require('../../groups');
+const sockets = require('..');
 
 const Groups = module.exports;
 
 Groups.create = async function (socket, data) {
+	sockets.warnDeprecated(socket, 'POST /api/v1/groups');
+
 	if (!data) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
 	} else if (groups.isPrivilegeGroup(data.name)) {

src/socket.io/groups.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const utils = require('../utils');
 const events = require('../events');
 const privileges = require('../privileges');
 const notifications = require('../notifications');
+const sockets = require('.');
 
 const SocketGroups = module.exports;
 
@@ -277,6 +278,8 @@ SocketGroups.kick = async (socket, data) => {
 };
 
 SocketGroups.create = async (socket, data) => {
+	sockets.warnDeprecated(socket, 'POST /api/v1/groups');
+
 	if (!socket.uid) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]');
 	} else if (typeof data.name !== 'string' || groups.isPrivilegeGroup(data.name)) {