@xeplr/actions 1.4.1 → 1.4.2

package/README.md

@@ -207,10 +207,18 @@ email.
 formulas and workflow's conditions, with the same functions. `where` and a
 computed column are the same language.
 
-**What `today()` means comes from the run's context**, not from the action:
-`context.formula` carries `today` and `fiscalYearStart`, so a workspace that
+**What "today" means comes from the run's context**, not from the action:
+`system.formula` carries `today` and `fiscalYearStart`, so a workspace that
 reckons days elsewhere and a run replayed from history agree on what
-`yesterday()` filtered. The action never calls `new Date()`.
+`ytd()` filtered. The action never calls `new Date()`.
+
+> `today()` and `yesterday()` are **not yet functions of
+> `@xeplr/expression-handler`**: a formula using them is refused, naming the
+> function. The example above shows where they will go.
+
+**It is called like every other action**: `execute({ input, system })`.
+Before 1.4.2 it took `(input, context)`, so through `runAction` (and so in
+every workflow step) `from` was undefined and the step returned no rows.
 
 **Only visible columns are rendered.** A column kept for the next step but
 marked `hidden` stays in `rows` and never reaches the table — an id the flow

package/lib/builtins/data-operation.js

@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ module.exports = {
     { name: 'text', type: 'string', description: 'The same, as plain text, for a mail client that refuses HTML.' }
   ],
 
-  execute: async function(input, context) {
+  // The same call every action gets from runAction: { input, system }. It
+  // once took (input, context) — the runner's object landed in `input`,
+  // `from` was undefined, and every workflow step returned no rows.
+  execute: async function(call) {
+    var input = (call && call.input) || {};
+    var system = (call && call.system) || {};
     var given = input.from;
     // A list, always — one object is a list of one, and nothing is an empty
     // list rather than an error. The step after this one should not have to
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // The run's own context decides what today is — and therefore what
     // yesterday is. See the note at the top.
-    var ctx = (context && context.formula) || {};
+    var ctx = system.formula || {};
 
     var keep = null;
     if (input.where && String(input.where).trim()) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xeplr/actions",
-  "version": "1.4.1",
+  "version": "1.4.2",
   "description": "Named-action registry with typed inputs and safe invocation — plus built-in actions for HTTP, DB, files, email, spawn",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [