Make metaData a map[string]string; Resolve explicitly

api/rest.go

@@ -285,12 +285,6 @@ func (api *RestApi) startJob(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	req.RawResources, err = json.Marshal(req.Resources)
-	if err != nil {
-		handleError(fmt.Errorf("basically impossible: %w", err), http.StatusBadRequest, rw)
-		return
-	}
-
 	id, err := api.JobRepository.Start(&req)
 	if err != nil {
 		handleError(fmt.Errorf("insert into database failed: %w", err), http.StatusInternalServerError, rw)

api_test.go

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func TestRestApi(t *testing.T) {
             	"hwthreads": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
         	}
     	],
-    	"metaData":  null,
+    	"metaData":  { "jobScript": "blablabla..." },
     	"startTime": 123456789
 	}`
 
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ func TestRestApi(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		if job.State != schema.JobStateCompleted {
-			print("STATE:" + job.State)
 			t.Fatal("expected job to be completed")
 		}
 
@@ -268,6 +267,15 @@ func TestRestApi(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected job properties: %#v", job)
 		}
 
+		job.MetaData, err = restapi.JobRepository.FetchMetadata(job)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(job.MetaData, map[string]string{"jobScript": "blablabla..."}) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected job.metaData: %#v", job.MetaData)
+		}
+
 		stoppedJob = job
 	}); !ok {
 		return

frontend

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b7e422e49ece2d9eeef7354ee595c54c474a4697
+Subproject commit fdf89ac36ff7eb12fabd483ad6e50d55cc118b8b

gqlgen.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ models:
     fields:
       tags:
         resolver: true
+      metaData:
+        resolver: true
   NullableFloat: { model: "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/schema.Float" }
   MetricScope: { model: "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/schema.MetricScope" }
   JobStatistics: { model: "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/schema.JobStatistics" }

graph/generated/generated.go

@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ type ComplexityRoot struct {
 }
 
 type JobResolver interface {
+	MetaData(ctx context.Context, obj *schema.Job) (interface{}, error)
 	Tags(ctx context.Context, obj *schema.Job) ([]*schema.Tag, error)
 }
 type MutationResolver interface {
@@ -3043,14 +3044,14 @@ func (ec *executionContext) _Job_metaData(ctx context.Context, field graphql.Col
 		Object:     "Job",
 		Field:      field,
 		Args:       nil,
-		IsMethod:   false,
-		IsResolver: false,
+		IsMethod:   true,
+		IsResolver: true,
 	}
 
 	ctx = graphql.WithFieldContext(ctx, fc)
 	resTmp, err := ec.ResolverMiddleware(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
 		ctx = rctx // use context from middleware stack in children
-		return obj.MetaData, nil
+		return ec.resolvers.Job().MetaData(rctx, obj)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		ec.Error(ctx, err)
@@ -7750,7 +7751,16 @@ func (ec *executionContext) _Job(ctx context.Context, sel ast.SelectionSet, obj
 				atomic.AddUint32(&invalids, 1)
 			}
 		case "metaData":
-			out.Values[i] = ec._Job_metaData(ctx, field, obj)
+			field := field
+			out.Concurrently(i, func() (res graphql.Marshaler) {
+				defer func() {
+					if r := recover(); r != nil {
+						ec.Error(ctx, ec.Recover(ctx, r))
+					}
+				}()
+				res = ec._Job_metaData(ctx, field, obj)
+				return res
+			})
 		case "tags":
 			field := field
 			out.Concurrently(i, func() (res graphql.Marshaler) {

graph/schema.resolvers.go

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/schema"
 )
 
+func (r *jobResolver) MetaData(ctx context.Context, obj *schema.Job) (interface{}, error) {
+	return r.Repo.FetchMetadata(obj)
+}
+
 func (r *jobResolver) Tags(ctx context.Context, obj *schema.Job) ([]*schema.Tag, error) {
 	return r.Repo.GetTags(&obj.ID)
 }

init-db.go

@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ func loadJob(tx *sqlx.Tx, stmt *sqlx.NamedStmt, tags map[string]int64, path stri
 		return err
 	}
 
+	job.RawMetaData, err = json.Marshal(job.MetaData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := repository.SanityChecks(&job.BaseJob); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

repository/import.go

@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ func (r *JobRepository) ImportJob(jobMeta *schema.JobMeta, jobData *schema.JobDa
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	job.RawMetaData, err = json.Marshal(job.MetaData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if err := SanityChecks(&job.BaseJob); err != nil {
 		return err

repository/job.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func (r *JobRepository) Init() error {
 var jobColumns []string = []string{
 	"job.id", "job.job_id", "job.user", "job.project", "job.cluster", "job.start_time", "job.partition", "job.array_job_id",
 	"job.num_nodes", "job.num_hwthreads", "job.num_acc", "job.exclusive", "job.monitoring_status", "job.smt", "job.job_state",
-	"job.duration", "job.resources", "job.meta_data",
+	"job.duration", "job.resources", // "job.meta_data",
 }
 
 func scanJob(row interface{ Scan(...interface{}) error }) (*schema.Job, error) {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func scanJob(row interface{ Scan(...interface{}) error }) (*schema.Job, error) {
 	if err := row.Scan(
 		&job.ID, &job.JobID, &job.User, &job.Project, &job.Cluster, &job.StartTimeUnix, &job.Partition, &job.ArrayJobId,
 		&job.NumNodes, &job.NumHWThreads, &job.NumAcc, &job.Exclusive, &job.MonitoringStatus, &job.SMT, &job.State,
-		&job.Duration, &job.RawResources, &job.MetaData); err != nil {
+		&job.Duration, &job.RawResources /*&job.MetaData*/); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -54,6 +55,23 @@ func scanJob(row interface{ Scan(...interface{}) error }) (*schema.Job, error) {
 	return job, nil
 }
 
+func (r *JobRepository) FetchMetadata(job *schema.Job) (map[string]string, error) {
+	if err := sq.Select("job.meta_data").From("job").Where("job.id = ?", job.ID).
+		RunWith(r.stmtCache).QueryRow().Scan(&job.RawMetaData); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(job.RawMetaData) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(job.RawMetaData, &job.MetaData); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return job.MetaData, nil
+}
+
 // Find executes a SQL query to find a specific batch job.
 // The job is queried using the batch job id, the cluster name,
 // and the start time of the job in UNIX epoch time seconds.
@@ -91,6 +109,16 @@ func (r *JobRepository) FindById(
 // Start inserts a new job in the table, returning the unique job ID.
 // Statistics are not transfered!
 func (r *JobRepository) Start(job *schema.JobMeta) (id int64, err error) {
+	job.RawResources, err = json.Marshal(job.Resources)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("encoding resources field failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	job.RawMetaData, err = json.Marshal(job.MetaData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("encoding metaData field failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	res, err := r.DB.NamedExec(`INSERT INTO job (
 		job_id, user, project, cluster, `+"`partition`"+`, array_job_id, num_nodes, num_hwthreads, num_acc,
 		exclusive, monitoring_status, smt, job_state, start_time, duration, resources, meta_data

schema/job.go

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ type BaseJob struct {
 	Tags             []*Tag            `json:"tags"`
 	RawResources     []byte            `json:"-" db:"resources"`
 	Resources        []*Resource       `json:"resources"`
-	MetaData         interface{} `json:"metaData" db:"meta_data"`
+	RawMetaData      []byte            `json:"-" db:"meta_data"`
+	MetaData         map[string]string `json:"metaData"`
 }
 
 // This type is used as the GraphQL interface and using sqlx as a table row.