revises the way documents are created so that they can be created directly in a specific locale

src/collections/queries/create.js

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ const executePolicy = require('../../auth/executePolicy');
 const create = async (options) => {
   try {
     const {
-      model,
+      model: Model,
       data,
       config,
       user,
+      locale,
     } = options;
 
     const policy = config && config.policies && config.policies.create;
@@ -18,7 +19,14 @@ const create = async (options) => {
 
       // Await pre-hook here
 
-      const doc = await model.create(data);
+      const doc = new Model();
+
+      if (locale && doc.setLocale) {
+        doc.setLocale(locale);
+      }
+
+      Object.assign(doc, data);
+      await doc.save();
 
       // Await post hook here
 

src/collections/queries/update.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const update = async (options) => {
       data,
       config,
       user,
+      locale,
     } = options;
 
     const policy = config && config.policies && config.policies.update;
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ const update = async (options) => {
       // Await pre-hook here
 
       const doc = await model.findOne({ _id: id });
+
+      if (locale && doc.setLocale) {
+        doc.setLocale(locale);
+      }
+
       Object.assign(doc, data);
       await doc.save();
 

src/collections/requestHandlers/create.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const createHandler = async (req, res) => {
       config: req.collection,
       user: req.user,
       data: req.body,
+      locale: req.locale,
+      fallbackLocale: req.fallbackLocale,
     });
 
     return res.status(httpStatus.CREATED).json({

src/collections/requestHandlers/find.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const findHandler = async (req, res) => {
       },
       depth: req.query.depth,
       locale: req.locale,
-      fallbackLocale: req.query['fallback-locale'],
+      fallbackLocale: req.fallbackLocale,
     };
 
     if (req.query.where) options.query.where = req.query.where;

src/collections/requestHandlers/findByID.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const findByIDHandler = async (req, res) => {
     user: req.user,
     id: req.params.id,
     locale: req.locale,
-    fallbackLocale: req.query['fallback-locale'],
+    fallbackLocale: req.fallbackLocale,
     depth: req.query.depth,
   };
 

src/collections/requestHandlers/update.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const updateHandler = async (req, res) => {
       user: req.user,
       id: req.params.id,
       data: req.body,
+      locale: req.locale,
     });
 
     if (!doc) return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).json(formatErrorResponse(new NotFound(), 'APIError'));

src/localization/middleware.js

@@ -6,19 +6,28 @@
  */
 module.exports = function localizationMiddleware(localization) {
   const middleware = (req, res, next) => {
-    if (req.query.locale === '*' || req.query.locale === 'all') {
-      req.locale = 'all';
-      return next();
+    const validLocales = [...localization.locales, 'all'];
+    const validFallbackLocales = [...localization.locales, 'null'];
+
+    let requestedLocale = req.query.locale;
+    let requestedFallbackLocale = req.query['fallback-locale'];
+
+    if (req.body) {
+      if (req.body.locale) requestedLocale = req.body.locale;
+      if (req.body['fallback-locale']) requestedFallbackLocale = req.body['fallback-locale'];
     }
 
-    let requestedLocale = req.body && req.body.locale;
-    if (req.query.locale) requestedLocale = req.query.locale;
+    if (requestedFallbackLocale === 'none') requestedFallbackLocale = 'null';
+    if (requestedLocale === '*' || requestedLocale === 'all') requestedLocale = 'all';
 
-    if (localization.locales.find(search => search === requestedLocale)) {
+    if (validLocales.find(locale => locale === requestedLocale)) {
       req.locale = requestedLocale;
     }
 
-    if (!req.locale) req.locale = localization.defaultLocale;
+    if (validFallbackLocales.find(locale => locale === requestedFallbackLocale)) {
+      req.fallbackLocale = requestedFallbackLocale;
+    }
+
     return next();
   };