Move field name validation logic out of mongo (#1752)

* Remove transformKey(...)

* Move validation logic into Parse Server and out of Mongo Adapter

* Fix nits

spec/MongoTransform.spec.js

@@ -191,17 +191,6 @@ describe('untransformObject', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('transformKey', () => {
-  it('throws out _password', (done) => {
-    try {
-      transform.transformKey(dummySchema, '_User', '_password');
-      fail('should have thrown');
-    } catch (e) {
-      done();
-    }
-  });
-});
-
 describe('transform schema key changes', () => {
 
   it('changes new pointer key', (done) => {

src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js

@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@ var Parse = require('parse/node').Parse;
 // in the value are converted to a mongo update form. Otherwise they are
 // converted to static data.
 //
-// validate: true indicates that key names are to be validated.
-//
 // Returns an object with {key: key, value: value}.
 function transformKeyValue(schema, className, restKey, restValue, {
   inArray,
   inObject,
   update,
-  validate,
 } = {}) {
   // Check if the schema is known since it's a built-in field.
   var key = restKey;
@@ -71,9 +68,6 @@ function transformKeyValue(schema, className, restKey, restValue, {
     if (authDataMatch) {
       throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.INVALID_KEY_NAME, 'can only query on ' + key);
     }
-    if (validate && !key.match(/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]*$/)) {
-      throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.INVALID_KEY_NAME, 'invalid key name: ' + key);
-    }
   }
 
   // Handle special schema key changes
@@ -454,11 +448,6 @@ function untransformACL(mongoObject) {
   return output;
 }
 
-// Transforms a key used in the REST API format to its mongo format.
-function transformKey(schema, className, key) {
-  return transformKeyValue(schema, className, key, null, {validate: true}).key;
-}
-
 // A sentinel value that helper transformations return when they
 // cannot perform a transformation
 function CannotTransform() {}
@@ -1038,7 +1027,7 @@ var FileCoder = {
 };
 
 module.exports = {
-  transformKey,
+  transformKeyValue,
   parseObjectToMongoObjectForCreate,
   transformUpdate,
   transformWhere,

src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js

@@ -618,9 +618,22 @@ DatabaseController.prototype.find = function(className, query, {
   .then(schemaController => {
     if (sort) {
       mongoOptions.sort = {};
-      for (let key in sort) {
+      for (let fieldName in sort) {
-        let mongoKey = this.transform.transformKey(schemaController, className, key);
+        // Parse.com treats queries on _created_at and _updated_at as if they were queries on createdAt and updatedAt,
-        mongoOptions.sort[mongoKey] = sort[key];
+        // so duplicate that behaviour here.
+        if (fieldName === '_created_at') {
+          fieldName = 'createdAt';
+          sort['createdAt'] = sort['_created_at'];
+        } else if (fieldName === '_updated_at') {
+          fieldName = 'updatedAt';
+          sort['updatedAt'] = sort['_updated_at'];
+        }
+
+        if (!SchemaController.fieldNameIsValid(fieldName)) {
+          throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.INVALID_KEY_NAME, `Invalid field name: ${fieldName}.`);
+        }
+        const mongoKey = this.transform.transformKeyValue(schemaController, className, fieldName, null).key;
+        mongoOptions.sort[mongoKey] = sort[fieldName];
       }
     }
     return (isMaster ? Promise.resolve() : schemaController.validatePermission(className, aclGroup, op))

src/Controllers/SchemaController.js

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class SchemaController {
         this.data[schema.className] = schema.fields;
         this.perms[schema.className] = schema.classLevelPermissions;
       });
-      
+
       // Inject the in-memory classes
       volatileClasses.forEach(className => {
         this.data[className] = injectDefaultSchema({
@@ -466,15 +466,16 @@ class SchemaController {
   // If 'freeze' is true, refuse to update the schema for this field.
   validateField(className, fieldName, type, freeze) {
     return this.reloadData().then(() => {
-      // Just to check that the fieldName is valid
+      if (fieldName.indexOf(".") > 0) {
-      this._collection.transform.transformKey(this, className, fieldName);
-
-      if( fieldName.indexOf(".") > 0 ) {
         // subdocument key (x.y) => ok if x is of type 'object'
         fieldName = fieldName.split(".")[ 0 ];
         type = 'Object';
       }
 
+      if (!fieldNameIsValid(fieldName)) {
+        throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.INVALID_KEY_NAME, `Invalid field name: ${fieldName}.`);
+      }
+
       let expected = this.data[className][fieldName];
       if (expected) {
         expected = (expected === 'map' ? 'Object' : expected);
@@ -847,6 +848,7 @@ function getObjectType(obj) {
 export {
   load,
   classNameIsValid,
+  fieldNameIsValid,
   invalidClassNameMessage,
   buildMergedSchemaObject,
   systemClasses,