This is a breaking change, it updates the block definitions to work with the new structure of inputs and outputs.

packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ exports.patch = async function(ctx) {
   ctx.body = record
   ctx.status = 200
   ctx.message = `${model.name} updated successfully.`
-  return
 }
 
 exports.save = async function(ctx) {

packages/server/src/api/controllers/user.js

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ exports.create = async function(ctx) {
   ctx.message = "User created successfully."
   ctx.body = {
     _rev: response.rev,
+    _id: user._id,
     username,
     name,
   }

packages/server/src/api/controllers/workflow/blockDefinitions.js

@@ -1,28 +1,72 @@
+let accessLevels = require("../../../utilities/accessLevels")
+let conditions = require("../../../workflows/logic").LogicConditions
+
 const ACTION = {
   SAVE_RECORD: {
     name: "Save Record",
     tagline: "<b>Save</b> a <b>{{record.model.name}}</b> record",
     icon: "ri-save-3-fill",
-    description: "Save a record to your database.",
-    params: {
-      record: "record",
+    description: "Save a record to your database",
+    type: "ACTION",
+    input: {
+      record: {
+        type: "record",
+        label: "The record to be written",
+        default: {},
+      },
+      model: {
+        type: "model",
+        label: "The table to save a record to",
+      },
     },
-    args: {
-      record: {},
+    output: {
+      response: {
+        type: "object",
+        label: "The response from the table",
+      },
+      success: {
+        type: "boolean",
+        label: "Whether the action was successful",
+      },
+      id: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The identifier of the new record",
+      },
+      revision: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The revision of the new record",
+      },
     },
-    type: "ACTION",
   },
   DELETE_RECORD: {
-    description: "Delete a record from your database.",
+    description: "Delete a record from your database",
     icon: "ri-delete-bin-line",
     name: "Delete Record",
     tagline: "<b>Delete</b> a <b>{{record.model.name}}</b> record",
-    params: {},
-    args: {},
     type: "ACTION",
+    input: {
+      id: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The identifier of the record to be deleted",
+      },
+      revision: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The revision of the record to be deleted",
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      response: {
+        type: "object",
+        label: "The response from the table",
+      },
+      success: {
+        type: "boolean",
+        label: "Whether the action was successful",
+      },
+    },
   },
   CREATE_USER: {
-    description: "Create a new user.",
+    description: "Create a new user",
     tagline: "Create user <b>{{username}}</b>",
     icon: "ri-user-add-fill",
     name: "Create User",
@@ -35,6 +79,40 @@ const ACTION = {
       accessLevelId: "POWER_USER",
     },
     type: "ACTION",
+    input: {
+      username: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The username of the new user to create",
+      },
+      password: {
+        type: "password",
+        label: "The password of the new user to create",
+      },
+      accessLevelId: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The level of access to the system the new user will have",
+        default: accessLevels.POWERUSER_LEVEL_ID,
+        options: accessLevels.ACCESS_LEVELS,
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      id: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The identifier of the new user",
+      },
+      revision: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The revision of the new user",
+      },
+      response: {
+        type: "object",
+        label: "The response from the user table",
+      },
+      success: {
+        type: "boolean",
+        label: "Whether the action was successful",
+      },
+    },
   },
   SEND_EMAIL: {
     description: "Send an email.",
@@ -48,6 +126,34 @@ const ACTION = {
       text: "longText",
     },
     type: "ACTION",
+    input: {
+      to: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "Email address to send email to",
+      },
+      from: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "Email address to send email from",
+      },
+      subject: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The subject of the email",
+      },
+      contents: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The contents of the email",
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      success: {
+        type: "boolean",
+        label: "Whether the email was sent",
+      },
+      response: {
+        type: "object",
+        label: "A response from the email client, this may be an error",
+      },
+    },
   },
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +162,7 @@ const LOGIC = {
     name: "Filter",
     tagline: "{{filter}} <b>{{condition}}</b> {{value}}",
     icon: "ri-git-branch-line",
-    description: "Filter any workflows which do not meet certain conditions.",
+    description: "Filter any workflows which do not meet certain conditions",
     params: {
       filter: "string",
       condition: ["equals"],
@@ -66,14 +172,38 @@ const LOGIC = {
       condition: "equals",
     },
     type: "LOGIC",
+    input: {
+      field: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The input to filter on",
+      },
+      condition: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The condition to use for filtering",
+        options: conditions,
+      },
+      value: {
+        type: "string",
+        label: "The value to compare against",
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      success: {
+        type: "boolean",
+        label: "Whether the logic block passed",
+      },
+    },
   },
   DELAY: {
     name: "Delay",
     icon: "ri-time-fill",
     tagline: "Delay for <b>{{time}}</b> milliseconds",
-    description: "Delay the workflow until an amount of time has passed.",
-    params: {
-      time: "number",
+    description: "Delay the workflow until an amount of time has passed",
+    input: {
+      time: {
+        type: "number",
+        label: "The duration of the delay in milliseconds",
+      },
     },
     type: "LOGIC",
   },
@@ -85,9 +215,18 @@ const TRIGGER = {
     event: "record:save",
     icon: "ri-save-line",
     tagline: "Record is added to <b>{{model.name}}</b>",
-    description: "Fired when a record is saved to your database.",
-    params: {
-      model: "model",
+    description: "Fired when a record is saved to your database",
+    input: {
+      model: {
+        type: "model",
+        label: "The table to trigger on when a new record is saved",
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      record: {
+        type: "record",
+        label: "The new record that was saved",
+      },
     },
     type: "TRIGGER",
   },
@@ -96,9 +235,18 @@ const TRIGGER = {
     event: "record:delete",
     icon: "ri-delete-bin-line",
     tagline: "Record is deleted from <b>{{model.name}}</b>",
-    description: "Fired when a record is deleted from your database.",
-    params: {
-      model: "model",
+    description: "Fired when a record is deleted from your database",
+    input: {
+      model: {
+        type: "model",
+        label: "The table to trigger on when a record is deleted",
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      record: {
+        type: "record",
+        label: "The record that was deleted",
+      },
     },
     type: "TRIGGER",
   },

packages/server/src/utilities/accessLevels.js

@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ module.exports = {
   POWERUSER_LEVEL_ID,
   BUILDER_LEVEL_ID,
   ANON_LEVEL_ID,
+  ACCESS_LEVELS: [
+    ADMIN_LEVEL_ID,
+    POWERUSER_LEVEL_ID,
+    BUILDER_LEVEL_ID,
+    ANON_LEVEL_ID,
+  ],
   READ_MODEL,
   WRITE_MODEL,
   READ_VIEW,

packages/server/src/workflows/actions.js

@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ let BUILTIN_ACTIONS = {
     }
 
     try {
-      const response = await userController.create(ctx)
+      await userController.create(ctx)
       return {
-        user: response,
+        response: ctx.body,
+        id: ctx.body._id,
+        revision: ctx.body._rev,
+        success: ctx.status === 200,
       }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err)
       return {
-        user: null,
+        success: false,
+        response: err,
       }
     }
   },
@@ -45,13 +49,16 @@ let BUILTIN_ACTIONS = {
     try {
       await recordController.save(ctx)
       return {
-        record: ctx.body,
+        response: ctx.body,
+        id: ctx.body._id,
+        revision: ctx.body._rev,
+        success: ctx.status === 200,
       }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err)
       return {
-        record: null,
-        error: err.message,
+        success: false,
+        response: err,
       }
     }
   },
@@ -67,13 +74,12 @@ let BUILTIN_ACTIONS = {
       await sgMail.send(msg)
       return {
         success: true,
-        ...args,
       }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err)
       return {
         success: false,
-        error: err.message,
+        response: err,
       }
     }
   },
@@ -94,11 +100,15 @@ let BUILTIN_ACTIONS = {
 
     try {
       await recordController.destroy(ctx)
+      return {
+        response: ctx.body,
+        success: ctx.status === 200,
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err)
       return {
-        record: null,
-        error: err.message,
+        success: false,
+        response: err,
       }
     }
   },

packages/server/src/workflows/logic.js

@@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ module.exports.getLogic = function(logicName) {
     return LOGIC[logicName]
   }
 }
+
+module.exports.LogicConditions = [
+  "equals",
+  "notEquals",
+  "greaterThan",
+  "lessThan",
+]