fix(special-missings): fixed formats table sent as part of sasjs_tables

src/file/generateTableUploadForm.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as NodeFormData from 'form-data'
-import { convertToCSV } from '../utils/convertToCsv'
+import { convertToCSV, isFormatsTable } from '../utils/convertToCsv'
 import { splitChunks } from '../utils/splitChunks'
 
 export const generateTableUploadForm = (
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export const generateTableUploadForm = (
   for (const tableName in data) {
     tableCounter++
 
-    sasjsTables.push(tableName)
+    // Formats table should not be sent as part of 'sasjs_tables'
+    if (!isFormatsTable(tableName)) sasjsTables.push(tableName)
 
     const csv = convertToCSV(data, tableName)
 

src/utils/convertToCsv.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { convertToCSV } from './convertToCsv'
+import { convertToCSV, isFormatsTable } from './convertToCsv'
 
 describe('convertToCsv', () => {
   const tableName = 'testTable'
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ describe('convertToCsv', () => {
     const data = { [tableName]: [{ var1: 'string' }] }
 
     expect(() => convertToCSV(data, 'wrongTableName')).toThrow(
-      new Error('No table provided to be converted to CSV')
+      new Error(
+        'Error while converting to CSV. No table provided to be converted to CSV.'
+      )
     )
   })
 
@@ -226,3 +228,15 @@ describe('convertToCsv', () => {
     expect(convertToCSV(data, tableName)).toEqual('')
   })
 })
+
+describe('isFormatsTable', () => {
+  const tableName = 'sometable'
+
+  it('should return true if table name match pattern of formats table', () => {
+    expect(isFormatsTable(`$${tableName}`)).toEqual(true)
+  })
+
+  it('should return false if table  name does not match pattern of formats table', () => {
+    expect(isFormatsTable(tableName)).toEqual(false)
+  })
+})

src/utils/convertToCsv.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { isSpecialMissing } from '@sasjs/utils/input/validators'
+import { prefixMessage } from '@sasjs/utils/error'
 
 /**
  * Converts the given JSON object array to a CSV string.
@@ -9,7 +10,10 @@ export const convertToCSV = (
   tableName: string
 ) => {
   if (!data[tableName]) {
-    throw new Error('No table provided to be converted to CSV')
+    throw prefixMessage(
+      'No table provided to be converted to CSV.',
+      'Error while converting to CSV. '
+    )
   }
 
   const table = data[tableName]
@@ -170,6 +174,12 @@ export const convertToCSV = (
   return finalCSV
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if table is table of formats (table name should start from '$' character).
+ * @param tableName - table name.
+ */
+export const isFormatsTable = (tableName: string) => /^\$.*/.test(tableName)
+
 const getByteSize = (str: string) => {
   let byteSize = str.length
   for (let i = str.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

src/utils/formatDataForRequest.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { convertToCSV } from './convertToCsv'
+import { convertToCSV, isFormatsTable } from './convertToCsv'
 import { splitChunks } from './splitChunks'
 
 export const formatDataForRequest = (data: any) => {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const formatDataForRequest = (data: any) => {
 
   for (const tableName in data) {
     if (
-      tableName.match(/^\$.*/) &&
+      isFormatsTable(tableName) &&
       Object.keys(data).includes(tableName.replace(/^\$/, ''))
     ) {
       continue
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export const formatDataForRequest = (data: any) => {
 
     tableCounter++
 
-    sasjsTables.push(tableName)
+    // Formats table should not be sent as part of 'sasjs_tables'
+    if (!isFormatsTable(tableName)) sasjsTables.push(tableName)
 
     const csv = convertToCSV(data, tableName)