Fusseldieb · April 6, 2022 17:15 · Apr 6, 2022 · Apr 6, 2022 · Apr 6, 2022
diff --git a/custom_endpoint_1_directusv9.js b/custom_endpoint_1_directusv9.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function registerEndpoint(router, { services, exceptions, datab
         const { ServiceUnavailableException } = exceptions;
 
         // Searches for the role named "Homepage" and gets its UUID for the accountability authentication
-        // This is made that way to ease portability since there can be different UUUIDs on dev and prod server
+        // This is made that way to ease portability since there can be different UUIDs on dev and prod server
         const role_res = await database("directus_roles").select("id").where({ name: "Homepage" });
         if (role_res.length === 0) {
             return next(new ServiceUnavailableException("Role doesn't exist"));

diff --git a/custom_endpoint_1_directusv9.js b/custom_endpoint_1_directusv9.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Snippet for Directus' custom endpoint (tested on v9.8.0)
+// This snippet checks if a role named "Homepage" is present and authenticates with it to execute custom logic
+// In this case, it returns *all* items inside "products" where "visible_on_homepage" is set to true. 
+
+const { getPermissions } = require('directus/utils/get-permissions');
+const { getSchema } = require('directus/utils/get-schema');
+
+module.exports = function registerEndpoint(router, { services, exceptions, database }) {
+    router.get('/products', async (req, res, next) => {
+        const { ItemsService } = services;
+        const { ServiceUnavailableException } = exceptions;
+
+        // Searches for the role named "Homepage" and gets its UUID for the accountability authentication
+        // This is made that way to ease portability since there can be different UUUIDs on dev and prod server
+        const role_res = await database("directus_roles").select("id").where({ name: "Homepage" });
+        if (role_res.length === 0) {
+            return next(new ServiceUnavailableException("Role doesn't exist"));
+        }
+
+        const accountability = {
+            role: role_res[0].id,
+            admin: false,
+            app: false
+        };
+
+        const schema = await getSchema(accountability);
+        accountability.permissions = await getPermissions(accountability, req.schema);
+
+        const ProductsService = new ItemsService('products', { schema, accountability: accountability });
+        ProductsService
+            .readByQuery({ fields: ['model'], filter: { visible_on_homepage: true }, limit: -1 })
+            .then((results) => {
+                res.json(results);
+            })
+            .catch((error) => {
+                return next(new ServiceUnavailableException(error.message));
+            });
+    });
+
+};