fix(api): paginate /rest/v1/tags with deterministic ordering - #1089
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Adds get_by_tags_with_pagination() alongside the existing get_by_tags(), following the get_nodes()/get_nodes_with_pagination() pattern already used by /rest/v1/id/. Nodes and CREs are paginated independently and returned as two labeled lists, since a single .paginate() call doesn't map onto the two-query merge get_by_tags() does. Fixes #<issue-number>
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In `@application/database/db.py`:
- Around line 1689-1694: Update the Node and CRE query flows before their
paginate calls to apply a deterministic ordering using stable
document-identifying columns, such as each model’s primary key. Keep the
existing filters, page, per_page, and error_out behavior unchanged.
- Around line 1698-1706: Update the node resolution in the surrounding method to
query the selected Node by its database ID rather than nullable fields; use the
existing Node lookup or filtering mechanism keyed by db_node’s ID, while
preserving the current resolved-result handling and pagination behavior.
In `@application/tests/web_main_test.py`:
- Line 461: Remove the unnecessary f-string prefixes from both request URL
strings in the relevant client.get calls, since they contain no interpolation
placeholders; preserve the URLs and request behavior unchanged.
In `@application/web/web_main.py`:
- Around line 336-339: Update find_document_by_tag to parse page and
items_per_page inside a try block, catching ValueError and aborting with HTTP
400 when either value is invalid; preserve the existing defaults and pagination
bounds for valid inputs.
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- Line 1701: Update the paginated tag-result path around nodeFromDB and
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Restore relationship hydration in paginated tag results.
nodeFromDB() and CREfromDB() return documents with empty links. The existing get_nodes() path adds CRE links from Links, while get_CREs() adds Node links and internal CRE links through _hydrate_cres_batch(). Because /rest/v1/tags serializes the paginated results with Document.todict(), tagged Nodes and CREs omit these persisted relationships. Reuse the existing hydration logic for both paginated collections and add an endpoint test for the serialized links fields.
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In `@application/database/db.py` at line 1701, Update the paginated tag-result
path around nodeFromDB and CREfromDB to hydrate relationships before
serialization: reuse get_nodes logic for tagged Nodes and
get_CREs/_hydrate_cres_batch for tagged CREs, preserving persisted links in
Document.todict(). Add an endpoint test for /rest/v1/tags that verifies
serialized Node and CRE links.
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Fixes 1087
Problem
GET /rest/v1/tags(find_document_by_taginapplication/web/web_main.py) callsdb.get_by_tags(tags), which runs two unbounded queries —Node.query.filter(...).all()andCRE.query.filter(...).all()— with noLIMIT. Both the route and the DB method carry an explicit TODO from this never being implemented:application/web/web_main.py:300—# TODO: (spyros) paginateapplication/database/db.py:1615—# TODO: (spyros), when we have useful tags this needs to be refactored so both standards and CREs become the same query and it gets paginatedSince tag matching is a
LIKE "%tag%"substring match, even a short/common tag can match broadly, returning every matching node and CRE in one response on a public endpoint — unbounded response size.Proposed solution
Added
get_by_tags_with_pagination()alongside the existingget_by_tags(), following the same pattern asget_nodes()/get_nodes_with_pagination()already indb.py./rest/v1/tagsnow acceptspage/items_per_pagequery params, bounded by the existingITEMS_PER_PAGE(20) /MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE(100) constants — same as the sibling/rest/v1/id/...route.page/items_per_pageare parsed defensively; non-integer values return HTTP 400 rather than a raw 500.Non-paginated callers of
get_by_tags()(e.g. internal tag-linking, and CSV/Markdown/OSCAL export formats) are unaffected and keep using the original method.Query results are converted to
Documents directly from the paginated DB rows vianodeFromDB()/CREfromDB()(the same helpersget_nodes_with_pagination()uses), rather than re-querying by field. An earlier version of this PR re-queried viaget_nodes()/get_CREs()matched on the row's own fields, which could return sibling rows instead of the exact paginated row when a field likesectionwasNone— fixed per review.Both queries are also given an explicit
order_by()before.paginate(), since unorderedLIMIT/OFFSETpagination isn't guaranteed stable across pages.Design decisions
get_by_tags()merges results from two separate queries (NodeandCRE) into one list, so a single.paginate()call doesn't map cleanly onto it the way it does forget_nodes_with_pagination()'s single query. This PR paginates theNodeandCREqueries independently with the samepage/items_per_page, returning them as two labeled lists rather than one merged list:{"nodes": {...}, "cres": {...}, "page": ..., "total_pages": ...}
This keeps each query's pagination correct and avoids fragile manual offset math across heterogeneous result sets. Open to a merged/interleaved result instead if reviewers prefer.
Testing
Added pagination test cases to
application/tests/db_test.py::test_get_by_tagsandapplication/tests/web_main_test.py::test_find_document_by_tag, covering page 1, last page, page beyond range, and customitems_per_page.One pre-existing, unrelated issue found while testing (not introduced by this PR):
test_exportfails on Windows withOSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argumentdue to a colon in a generated filename (Unlinked:Unlinked:...yaml) — colons aren't legal in Windows filenames. Confirmed viagit stashthat this fails identically on unmodifiedmain. Not addressed here to keep the diff scoped to the pagination fix — happy to file a separate issue if useful.Also found
test_find_document_by_tag's assertion was order-sensitive ontags— root cause isCREfromDB()building tags vialist(set(dbcre.tags.split(","))), which is subject to Python's per-process hash randomization (reproduces on unmodifiedmaintoo). Since this is the exact test being extended in this PR, fixed the assertion to compare tags order-independently rather than leaving it flaky. The underlying non-determinism inCREfromDB()itself is unrelated to pagination and out of scope here.Acceptance criteria
/rest/v1/tagsacceptspage/items_per_page, bounded byMAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE, with 400 on invalid valuestest_get_by_tagsstill passes unmodified for non-paginated callers;test_find_document_by_tagupdated to assert order-independently (see Testing)order_by)nodeFromDB()/CREfromDB()directly from paginated rows, not a re-query by fieldmake lint/make mypy/make testgreen (excluding the one pre-existing unrelated Windows failure noted above)