Merge branch 'feature/include-custom-attributes-in-api' into 'master'

Allow including custom attributes in API responses

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!16526

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/helpers/custom_attributes.rb b/lib/api/helpers/custom_attributes.rb
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+module API
+  module Helpers
+    module CustomAttributes
+      extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+      included do
+        helpers do
+          params :with_custom_attributes do
+            optional :with_custom_attributes, type: Boolean, default: false, desc: 'Include custom attributes in the response'
+          end
+
+          def with_custom_attributes(collection_or_resource, options = {})
+            options = options.merge(
+              with_custom_attributes: params[:with_custom_attributes] &&
+                can?(current_user, :read_custom_attribute)
+            )
+
+            if options[:with_custom_attributes] && collection_or_resource.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Relation)
+              collection_or_resource = collection_or_resource.includes(:custom_attributes)
+            end
+
+            [collection_or_resource, options]
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end