fix: return error response if invalid property is passed in where clause

packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/repositories/legacy-juggler-bridge.unit.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   InclusionResolver,
 } from '../../../relations';
 import {CrudConnectorStub} from '../crud-connector.stub';
+import {AnyObject} from '@loopback/filter/src/types';
 const TransactionClass = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').Transaction;
 
 describe('legacy loopback-datasource-juggler', () => {
@@ -286,6 +287,20 @@ describe('DefaultCrudRepository', () => {
       await repo.find(filter);
       expect(filter).to.deepEqual(originalFilter);
     });
+    it('invalid key in where clause throws error', async () => {
+      const repo = new DefaultCrudRepository(Note, ds);
+      const filter = {where: {noTtile: 't1'}};
+      await repo.createAll([
+        {title: 't1', content: 'c1'},
+        {title: 't2', content: 'c2'},
+      ]);
+      // let response = await (repo as AnyObject).find(filter);
+      await expect((repo as AnyObject).find(filter)).to.be.rejectedWith({
+        code: 'INVALID_WHERE_FILTER',
+        statusCode: 400,
+        message: 'Invalid "filter.include" entries: "noTtile"',
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('findOne', () => {

packages/repository/src/relations/relation.helpers.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   Options,
   Where,
 } from '..';
+import {ModelProperties} from 'loopback-datasource-juggler';
 const debug = debugFactory('loopback:repository:relation-helpers');
 
 /**
@@ -178,6 +179,67 @@ export async function includeRelatedModels<
 
   return result;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Validate if where clause as properties that exists in the table
+ *
+ * @param targetRepository - The target repository where the related model instances are found
+ * @param where - Where clause from url
+ */
+export async function validateWhere<
+  Target extends Entity,
+  TargetRelations extends object,
+>(
+  targetRepository: EntityCrudRepository<Target, unknown, TargetRelations>,
+  where: Where,
+): Promise<Error | undefined> {
+  const definition = targetRepository.entityClass.definition;
+  const invalidWhereFieldsSet = validateWhereClause(where, definition);
+  const invalidWhereFields = Array.from(invalidWhereFieldsSet);
+  if (invalidWhereFields.length) {
+    const msg =
+      'Invalid "filter.include" entries: ' +
+      invalidWhereFields
+        .map(invalidWhereField => JSON.stringify(invalidWhereField))
+        .join('; ');
+    const err = new Error(msg);
+    Object.assign(err, {
+      code: 'INVALID_WHERE_FILTER',
+      statusCode: 400,
+    });
+    return err;
+  }
+}
+/**
+ * A wrapper function to validate where clause
+ *
+ * @param where - Where clause from url
+ * @param definition - Model Definition
+ * @param invalidWhereFields - set of invalid fields from where clause
+ */
+function validateWhereClause(
+  where: Where,
+  definition: ModelProperties,
+  invalidWhereFields = new Set<string>(),
+): Set<string> {
+  const {properties} = definition;
+  for (const key in where) {
+    if (key === 'and' || key === 'or') {
+      const clauses = (where as AnyObject)[key];
+      if (Array.isArray(clauses)) {
+        for (let i = 0, n = clauses.length; i < n; i++) {
+          validateWhereClause(clauses[i], properties, invalidWhereFields);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      const p = properties[key];
+      if (p == null) {
+        invalidWhereFields.add(key);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return invalidWhereFields;
+}
 /**
  * Checks if the resolver of the inclusion relation is registered
  * in the inclusionResolver of the target repository

packages/repository/src/repositories/legacy-juggler-bridge.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
   createHasOneRepositoryFactory,
   createReferencesManyAccessor,
   includeRelatedModels,
+  validateWhere,
 } from '../relations';
 import {IsolationLevel, Transaction} from '../transaction';
 import {isTypeResolver, resolveType} from '../type-resolver';
@@ -518,6 +519,11 @@ export class DefaultCrudRepository<
     filter?: Filter<T>,
     options?: Options,
   ): Promise<(T & Relations)[]> {
+    const where = filter?.where;
+    if (where) {
+      const validWhere = await this.validateWhere(where);
+      if (validWhere) throw validWhere;
+    }
     const include = filter?.include;
     const models = await ensurePromise(
       this.modelClass.find(this.normalizeFilter(filter), options),
@@ -775,6 +781,17 @@ export class DefaultCrudRepository<
     return includeRelatedModels<T, Relations>(this, entities, include, options);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns model instances that include related models of this repository
+   * that have a registered resolver.
+   *
+   * @param entities - An array of entity instances or data
+   * @param include -Inclusion filter
+   * @param options - Options for the operations
+   */
+  protected async validateWhere(where: Where): Promise<Error | undefined> {
+    return validateWhere<T, Relations>(this, where);
+  }
   /**
    * This function works as a persist hook.
    * It converts an entity from the CRUD operations' caller