fix: improved Viya createFile to apply related properties

.github/workflows/server-tests.yml

@@ -79,15 +79,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy sasjs-tests
         run: |
-          sudo apt install jq
+          npm install -g replace-in-files-cli
           cd sasjs-tests
-          jq '.dependencies."@sasjs/adapter" |= "latest"' ./package.json > ./package.temp && mv ./package.temp ./package.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"@sasjs/adapter".*' --replacement='"@sasjs/adapter":"latest",' ./package.json
           npm i
-          jq '.sasJsConfig.serverUrl |= "${{ secrets.SASJS_SERVER_URL }}"' ./public/config.json > ./public/config.temp && mv ./public/config.temp ./public/config.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"serverUrl".*' --replacement='"serverUrl":"${{ secrets.SASJS_SERVER_URL }}",' ./public/config.json
-          jq '.sasJsConfig.serverType |= "SASJS"' ./public/config.json > ./public/config.temp && mv ./public/config.temp ./public/config.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"userName".*' --replacement='"userName":"${{ secrets.SASJS_USERNAME }}",' ./public/config.json
-          jq '.userName |= "${{ secrets.SASJS_USERNAME }}"' ./public/config.json > ./public/config.temp && mv ./public/config.temp ./public/config.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"serverType".*' --replacement='"serverType":"SASJS",' ./public/config.json
-          jq '.password |= "${{ secrets.SASJS_PASSWORD }}"' ./public/config.json > ./public/config.temp && mv ./public/config.temp ./public/config.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"password".*' --replacement='"password":"${{ secrets.SASJS_PASSWORD }}",' ./public/config.json
-
           cat ./public/config.json
 
           npm run update:adapter
@@ -99,9 +98,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run cypress on sasjs
         run: |
-          jq '.env.sasjsTestsUrl |= "http://localhost:3000"' ./cypress.json > ./cypress.temp && mv ./cypress.temp ./cypress.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"sasjsTestsUrl".*' --replacement='"sasjsTestsUrl":"http://localhost:3000",' ./cypress.json
-          jq '.env.username |= "${{ secrets.SASJS_USERNAME }}"' ./cypress.json > ./cypress.temp && mv ./cypress.temp ./cypress.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"username".*' --replacement='"username":"${{ secrets.SASJS_USERNAME }}",' ./cypress.json
-          jq '.env.password |= "${{ secrets.SASJS_PASSWORD }}"' ./cypress.json > ./cypress.temp && mv ./cypress.temp ./cypress.json
+          replace-in-files --regex='"password".*' --replacement='"password":"${{ secrets.SASJS_PASSWORD }}",' ./cypress.json
           cat ./cypress.json
           echo "SASJS_USERNAME=${{ secrets.SASJS_USERNAME }}"
 

sasjs-tests/index.css

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ body {
   background: #f5f5f5;
 }
 
+#app {
+  min-height: 100vh;
+}
+
 .app__error {
   max-width: 800px;
   margin: 50px auto;

src/SASViyaApiClient.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ interface JobExecutionResult {
   log?: string
   error?: object
 }
-/* Viya /types/types?limit=999999 response structure */
+
 interface IViyaTypesResponse {
   accept: string
   count: number
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ interface IViyaTypesResponse {
   version: number
 }
 
-/* Item element within the Viya types response */
 interface IViyaTypesItem {
   description?: string
   extensions?: string[]
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ interface IViyaTypesItem {
   mappedTypes?: string[]
   mediaType?: string
   mediaTypes?: string[]
-  name?: string | undefined
+  name: string
   pluralLabel?: string
   properties?: IViyaTypesProperties
   resourceUri?: string
@@ -71,14 +70,18 @@ interface IViyaTypesItem {
  * in the links array of a Viya
  * types/types api response
  */
-type IViyaTypesLink = Record<string, string>
+interface IViyaTypesLink {
+  [key: string]: string
+}
 
 /**
  * Generic structure for a type's
  * 'properties' object from the Viya
  * types/types api response
  */
-type IViyaTypesProperties = Record<string, string>
+interface IViyaTypesProperties {
+  [key: string]: string
+}
 
 /**
  * Arbitrary interface for storing
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ type IViyaTypesProperties = Record<string, string>
  * create and patch a new file.
  */
 interface IViyaTypesExtensionInfo {
-  typeDefName: string | undefined
+  typeDefName: string
   properties: IViyaTypesProperties | undefined
 }
 
@@ -115,9 +118,9 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
     this.requestClient
   )
   private folderMap = new Map<string, Job[]>()
+
   private fileExtensionMap = new Map<string, IViyaTypesExtensionInfo>()
-  private boolExtensionMap = false // required in case the map has zero entries
+  private boolExtensionMap = false // has the fileExtensionMap been populated yet?
-  // after an attempt to populate it.
 
   /**
    * A helper method used to call appendRequest method of RequestClient
@@ -491,11 +494,17 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
     const formData = new NodeFormData()
     formData.append('file', contentBuffer, fileName)
 
-    /** Query Viya for file metadata based on extension type. */
+    /** Query Viya for file metadata based on extension type.
+     *  Without providing certain properties, some versions of Viya will not
+     *  serve files as intended. Avoid this issue by applying the properties
+     *  that Viya has registered for a file extension.
+     */
 
-    // typeDefName - Viya accepts this property during the file creation
+    // typeDefName - Viya should automatically determine this and additional
+    // properties at runtime if not provided in the file creation request.
     let typeDefName: string | undefined = undefined
-    // Additional properties are supplied by a patch.
+    // Viya update 2025.09 resulted in a change to this automatic behaviour.
+    // We patch the new file to replicate the behaviour.
     let filePatch:
       | {
           name: string
@@ -524,14 +533,7 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
           .forEach((e) => {
             e.extensions?.forEach((ext) => {
               this.fileExtensionMap.set(ext, {
-                // `name` becomes the typeDefName value at file creation time.
+                typeDefName: e.name, // "name:" is the typeDefName value required for file creation.
-                // `name` is ignored here if it is not populated in the map, or
-                // has a blank/empty value.
-                typeDefName: e.name
-                  ? e.name.trim().length
-                    ? e.name.trim()
-                    : undefined
-                  : undefined,
                 properties: e.properties
               })
             })
@@ -540,53 +542,42 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
         this.boolExtensionMap = true
       }
 
-      // Query the map for the current file extension
       const fileExtInfo = this.fileExtensionMap.get(fileExtension)
       if (fileExtInfo) {
-        // If the extension was found in the map, record the typeDefName and
-        // create a patch if a properties object was returned.
         typeDefName = fileExtInfo.typeDefName
         if (fileExtInfo.properties)
           filePatch = { name: fileName, properties: fileExtInfo.properties }
       }
     }
 
-    // Create the file
+    return (
-    const createFileResponse = await this.requestClient.post<File>(
+      await this.requestClient
-      `/files/files?parentFolderUri=${parentFolderUri}&typeDefName=${
+        .post<File>(
-        typeDefName ?? 'file'
+          `/files/files?parentFolderUri=${parentFolderUri}&typeDefName=${
-      }#rawUpload`,
+            typeDefName ?? 'file'
-      formData,
+          }#rawUpload`,
-      accessToken,
+          formData,
-      'multipart/form-data; boundary=' + (formData as any)._boundary,
+          accessToken,
-      headers
+          'multipart/form-data; boundary=' + (formData as any)._boundary,
-    )
+          headers
-
+        )
-    // If a patch was created...
+        .then(async (res) => {
-    if (filePatch) {
+          // If a patch was created...
-      try {
+          if (filePatch) {
-        const patchHeaders = {
+            // Get the URI of the newly created file
-          Accept: 'application/json',
+            const fileUri = res.result.links.filter(
-          'If-Match': '*'
+              (e) => e.method == 'PATCH' && e.rel == 'patch'
-        }
+            )[0].uri
-        // Get the URI of the newly created file
+            // and apply the patch
-        const fileUri = createFileResponse.result.links.filter(
+            return await this.requestClient.patch<File>(
-          (e) => e.method == 'PATCH' && e.rel == 'patch'
+              `${fileUri}`,
-        )[0].uri
+              filePatch,
-        // and apply the patch
+              accessToken
-        return (
+            )
-          await this.requestClient.patch<File>(
+          }
-            `${fileUri}`,
+          return res
-            filePatch,
+        })
-            accessToken,
+    ).result
-            patchHeaders
-          )
-        ).result
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        throw new Error(`Error patching file ${fileName}.\n${e.message}`)
-      }
-    }
-    return createFileResponse.result
   }
 
   /**

src/request/RequestClient.ts

@@ -273,13 +273,9 @@ export class RequestClient implements HttpClient {
   public async patch<T>(
     url: string,
     data: any = {},
-    accessToken?: string,
+    accessToken?: string
-    overrideHeaders: { [key: string]: string | number } = {}
   ): Promise<{ result: T; etag: string }> {
-    const headers = {
+    const headers = this.getHeaders(accessToken, 'application/json')
-      ...this.getHeaders(accessToken, 'application/json'),
-      ...overrideHeaders
-    }
 
     return this.httpClient
       .patch<T>(url, data, { headers, withXSRFToken: true })