feat: Dynamic Placeholders UI (#7034)

frontend/assets/main.css

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
   max-width: 950px !important;
 }
 
+.lg-container {
+  max-width: 1100px !important;
+}
+
 .theme--dark.v-application {
   background-color: rgb(var(--v-theme-background, 30, 30, 30)) !important;
 }

frontend/components/Domain/Household/GroupMealPlanRuleForm.vue

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ const MEAL_DAY_OPTIONS = [
 ];
 
 function handleQueryFilterInput(value: string | undefined) {
-  console.warn("handleQueryFilterInput called with value:", value);
   queryFilterString.value = value || "";
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ const fieldDefs: FieldDefinition[] = [
   {
     name: "last_made",
     label: i18n.t("general.last-made"),
-    type: "date",
+    type: "relativeDate",
   },
   {
     name: "created_at",

frontend/components/Domain/QueryFilterBuilder.vue

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
             <v-select
               v-if="field.type !== 'boolean'"
               :model-value="field.relationalOperatorValue"
-              :items="field.relationalOperatorOptions"
+              :items="field.relationalOperatorChoices"
               item-title="label"
               item-value="value"
               variant="underlined"
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@
             :class="config.col.class"
           >
             <v-select
-              v-if="field.fieldOptions"
+              v-if="field.fieldChoices"
               :model-value="field.values"
-              :items="field.fieldOptions"
+              :items="field.fieldChoices"
               item-title="label"
               item-value="value"
               multiple
@@ -169,23 +169,39 @@
             >
               <template #activator="{ props: activatorProps }">
                 <v-text-field
-                  :model-value="field.value ? $d(new Date(field.value + 'T00:00:00')) : null"
+                  :model-value="$d(safeNewDate(field.value + 'T00:00:00'))"
-                  persistent-hint
-                  :prepend-icon="$globals.icons.calendar"
                   variant="underlined"
                   color="primary"
+                  class="date-input"
                   v-bind="activatorProps"
                   readonly
                 />
               </template>
               <v-date-picker
-                :model-value="field.value ? new Date(field.value + 'T00:00:00') : null"
+                :model-value="safeNewDate(field.value + 'T00:00:00')"
                 hide-header
                 :first-day-of-week="firstDayOfWeek"
                 :local="$i18n.locale"
                 @update:model-value="val => setFieldValue(field, index, val ? val.toISOString().slice(0, 10) : '')"
               />
             </v-menu>
+            <!--
+              Relative dates are assumed to be negative intervals with a unit of days.
+              The input is a *positive*, interpreted internally as a *negative* offset.
+            -->
+            <v-number-input
+              v-else-if="field.type === 'relativeDate'"
+              :model-value="parseRelativeDateOffset(field.value)"
+              :suffix="$t('query-filter.dates.days-ago', parseRelativeDateOffset(field.value))"
+              variant="underlined"
+              control-variant="stacked"
+              density="compact"
+              inset
+              :min="0"
+              :precision="0"
+              class="date-input"
+              @update:model-value="setFieldValue(field, index, $event)"
+            />
             <RecipeOrganizerSelector
               v-else-if="field.type === Organizer.Category"
               v-model="field.organizers"
@@ -319,7 +335,13 @@ import { useDebounceFn } from "@vueuse/core";
 import { useHouseholdSelf } from "~/composables/use-households";
 import RecipeOrganizerSelector from "~/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeOrganizerSelector.vue";
 import { Organizer } from "~/lib/api/types/non-generated";
-import type { LogicalOperator, QueryFilterJSON, QueryFilterJSONPart, RelationalKeyword, RelationalOperator } from "~/lib/api/types/non-generated";
+import type {
+  LogicalOperator,
+  QueryFilterJSON,
+  QueryFilterJSONPart,
+  RelationalKeyword,
+  RelationalOperator,
+} from "~/lib/api/types/non-generated";
 import { useCategoryStore, useFoodStore, useHouseholdStore, useTagStore, useToolStore } from "~/composables/store";
 import { useUserStore } from "~/composables/store/use-user-store";
 import { type Field, type FieldDefinition, type FieldValue, type OrganizerBase, useQueryFilterBuilder } from "~/composables/use-query-filter-builder";
@@ -341,7 +363,14 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
 }>();
 
 const { household } = useHouseholdSelf();
-const { logOps, relOps, buildQueryFilterString, getFieldFromFieldDef, isOrganizerType } = useQueryFilterBuilder();
+const {
+  logOps,
+  placeholderKeywords,
+  getRelOps,
+  buildQueryFilterString,
+  getFieldFromFieldDef,
+  isOrganizerType,
+} = useQueryFilterBuilder();
 
 const firstDayOfWeek = computed(() => {
   return household.value?.preferences?.firstDayOfWeek || 0;
@@ -396,16 +425,29 @@ function setField(index: number, fieldLabel: string) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const resetValue = (fieldDef.type !== fields.value[index].type) || (fieldDef.fieldOptions !== fields.value[index].fieldOptions);
+  const resetValue = (fieldDef.type !== fields.value[index].type) || (fieldDef.fieldChoices !== fields.value[index].fieldChoices);
   const updatedField = { ...fields.value[index], ...fieldDef };
 
   // we have to set this explicitly since it might be undefined
-  updatedField.fieldOptions = fieldDef.fieldOptions;
+  updatedField.fieldChoices = fieldDef.fieldChoices;
 
   fields.value[index] = {
     ...getFieldFromFieldDef(updatedField, resetValue),
     id: fields.value[index].id, // keep the id
   };
+
+  // Defaults
+  switch (fields.value[index].type) {
+    case "date":
+      fields.value[index].value = safeNewDate("");
+      break;
+    case "relativeDate":
+      fields.value[index].value = "$NOW-30d";
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
 }
 
 function setLeftParenthesisValue(field: FieldWithId, index: number, value: string) {
@@ -425,12 +467,21 @@ function setLogicalOperatorValue(field: FieldWithId, index: number, value: Logic
 }
 
 function setRelationalOperatorValue(field: FieldWithId, index: number, value: RelationalKeyword | RelationalOperator) {
+  const relOps = getRelOps(field.type);
   fields.value[index].relationalOperatorValue = relOps.value[value];
 }
 
 function setFieldValue(field: FieldWithId, index: number, value: FieldValue) {
   state.datePickers[index] = false;
-  fields.value[index].value = value;
+
+  if (field.type === "relativeDate") {
+    // Value is set to an int representing the offset from $NOW
+    // Values are assumed to be negative offsets ('-') with a unit of days ('d')
+    fields.value[index].value = `$NOW-${Math.abs(value)}d`;
+  }
+  else {
+    fields.value[index].value = value;
+  }
 }
 
 function setFieldValues(field: FieldWithId, index: number, values: FieldValue[]) {
@@ -448,12 +499,7 @@ function removeField(index: number) {
   state.datePickers.splice(index, 1);
 }
 
-const fieldsUpdater = useDebounceFn((/* newFields: typeof fields.value */) => {
+const fieldsUpdater = useDebounceFn(() => {
-  /* newFields.forEach((field, index) => {
-    const updatedField = getFieldFromFieldDef(field);
-    fields.value[index] = updatedField; // recursive!!!
-  }); */
-
   const qf = buildQueryFilterString(fields.value, state.showAdvanced);
   if (qf) {
     console.debug(`Set query filter: ${qf}`);
@@ -519,6 +565,9 @@ async function initializeFields() {
       ...getFieldFromFieldDef(fieldDef),
       id: useUid(),
     };
+
+    const relOps = getRelOps(field.type);
+
     field.leftParenthesis = part.leftParenthesis || field.leftParenthesis;
     field.rightParenthesis = part.rightParenthesis || field.rightParenthesis;
     field.logicalOperator = part.logicalOperator
@@ -527,12 +576,15 @@ async function initializeFields() {
     field.relationalOperatorValue = part.relationalOperator
       ? relOps.value[part.relationalOperator]
       : field.relationalOperatorValue;
+    field.relationalOperatorValue = part.relationalOperator
+      ? relOps.value[part.relationalOperator]
+      : field.relationalOperatorValue;
 
     if (field.leftParenthesis || field.rightParenthesis) {
       state.showAdvanced = true;
     }
 
-    if (field.fieldOptions?.length || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
+    if (field.fieldChoices?.length || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
       if (typeof part.value === "string") {
         field.values = part.value ? [part.value] : [];
       }
@@ -601,7 +653,7 @@ function buildQueryFilterJSON(): QueryFilterJSON {
       relationalOperator: field.relationalOperatorValue?.value,
     };
 
-    if (field.fieldOptions?.length || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
+    if (field.fieldChoices?.length || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
       part.value = field.values.map(value => value.toString());
     }
     else if (field.type === "boolean") {
@@ -619,6 +671,50 @@ function buildQueryFilterJSON(): QueryFilterJSON {
   return qfJSON;
 }
 
+function safeNewDate(input: string): Date {
+  const date = new Date(input);
+  if (isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+    const today = new Date();
+    today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    return today;
+  }
+  return date;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse a relative date string offset (e.g. $NOW-30d --> 30)
+ *
+ * Currently only values with a negative offset ('-') and a unit of days ('d') are supported
+ */
+function parseRelativeDateOffset(value: string): number {
+  const defaultVal = 30;
+  if (!value) {
+    return defaultVal;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    if (!value.startsWith(placeholderKeywords.value["$NOW"].value)) {
+      return defaultVal;
+    }
+
+    const remainder = value.slice(placeholderKeywords.value["$NOW"].value.length);
+    if (!remainder.startsWith("-")) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid operator (not '-')");
+    }
+
+    if (remainder.slice(-1) !== "d") {
+      throw new Error("Invalid unit (not 'd')");
+    }
+
+    // Slice off sign and unit
+    return parseInt(remainder.slice(1, -1));
+  }
+  catch (error) {
+    console.warn(`Unable to parse relative date offset from '${value}': ${error}`);
+    return defaultVal;
+  }
+}
+
 const config = computed(() => {
   const multiple = fields.value.length > 1;
   const adv = state.showAdvanced;
@@ -689,4 +785,13 @@ const config = computed(() => {
 .bg-light {
   background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, var(--bg-opactity));
 }
+
+:deep(.date-input input) {
+  text-align: end;
+  padding-right: 6px;
+}
+
+:deep(.date-input .v-field__field) {
+  align-items: center;
+}
 </style>

frontend/composables/use-query-filter-builder.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Organizer } from "~/lib/api/types/non-generated";
-import type { LogicalOperator, RecipeOrganizer, RelationalKeyword, RelationalOperator } from "~/lib/api/types/non-generated";
+import type { LogicalOperator, PlaceholderKeyword, RecipeOrganizer, RelationalKeyword, RelationalOperator } from "~/lib/api/types/non-generated";
 
 export interface FieldLogicalOperator {
   label: string;
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ export interface FieldRelationalOperator {
   value: RelationalKeyword | RelationalOperator;
 }
 
+export interface FieldPlaceholderKeyword {
+  label: string;
+  value: PlaceholderKeyword;
+}
+
 export interface OrganizerBase {
   id: string;
   slug: string;
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ export type FieldType
     | "number"
     | "boolean"
     | "date"
+    | "relativeDate"
     | RecipeOrganizer;
 
 export type FieldValue
@@ -41,8 +47,8 @@ export interface FieldDefinition {
   label: string;
   type: FieldType;
 
-  // only for select/organizer fields
+  // Select/Organizer
-  fieldOptions?: SelectableItem[];
+  fieldChoices?: SelectableItem[];
 }
 
 export interface Field extends FieldDefinition {
@@ -50,10 +56,10 @@ export interface Field extends FieldDefinition {
   logicalOperator?: FieldLogicalOperator;
   value: FieldValue;
   relationalOperatorValue: FieldRelationalOperator;
-  relationalOperatorOptions: FieldRelationalOperator[];
+  relationalOperatorChoices: FieldRelationalOperator[];
   rightParenthesis?: string;
 
-  // only for select/organizer fields
+  // Select/Organizer
   values: FieldValue[];
   organizers: OrganizerBase[];
 }
@@ -161,6 +167,36 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
     };
   });
 
+  const placeholderKeywords = computed<Record<PlaceholderKeyword, FieldPlaceholderKeyword>>(() => {
+    const NOW = {
+      label: "Now",
+      value: "$NOW",
+    } as FieldPlaceholderKeyword;
+
+    return {
+      $NOW: NOW,
+    };
+  });
+
+  const relativeDateRelOps = computed<Record<RelationalKeyword | RelationalOperator, FieldRelationalOperator>>(() => {
+    const ops = { ...relOps.value };
+
+    ops[">="] = { ...relOps.value[">="], label: i18n.t("query-filter.relational-operators.is-newer-than") };
+    ops["<="] = { ...relOps.value["<="], label: i18n.t("query-filter.relational-operators.is-older-than") };
+
+    return ops;
+  });
+
+  function getRelOps(fieldType: FieldType): typeof relOps | typeof relativeDateRelOps {
+    switch (fieldType) {
+      case "relativeDate":
+        return relativeDateRelOps;
+
+      default:
+        return relOps;
+    }
+  }
+
   function isOrganizerType(type: FieldType): type is Organizer {
     return (
       type === Organizer.Category
@@ -173,10 +209,14 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
   };
 
   function getFieldFromFieldDef(field: Field | FieldDefinition, resetValue = false): Field {
-    const updatedField = { logicalOperator: logOps.value.AND, ...field } as Field;
+    const updatedField = {
-    let operatorOptions: FieldRelationalOperator[];
+      logicalOperator: logOps.value.AND,
-    if (updatedField.fieldOptions?.length || isOrganizerType(updatedField.type)) {
+      ...field,
-      operatorOptions = [
+    } as Field;
+
+    let operatorChoices: FieldRelationalOperator[];
+    if (updatedField.fieldChoices?.length || isOrganizerType(updatedField.type)) {
+      operatorChoices = [
         relOps.value["IN"],
         relOps.value["NOT IN"],
         relOps.value["CONTAINS ALL"],
@@ -185,7 +225,7 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
     else {
       switch (updatedField.type) {
         case "string":
-          operatorOptions = [
+          operatorChoices = [
             relOps.value["="],
             relOps.value["<>"],
             relOps.value["LIKE"],
@@ -193,7 +233,7 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
           ];
           break;
         case "number":
-          operatorOptions = [
+          operatorChoices = [
             relOps.value["="],
             relOps.value["<>"],
             relOps.value[">"],
@@ -203,10 +243,10 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
           ];
           break;
         case "boolean":
-          operatorOptions = [relOps.value["="]];
+          operatorChoices = [relOps.value["="]];
           break;
         case "date":
-          operatorOptions = [
+          operatorChoices = [
             relOps.value["="],
             relOps.value["<>"],
             relOps.value[">"],
@@ -215,13 +255,20 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
             relOps.value["<="],
           ];
           break;
+        case "relativeDate":
+          operatorChoices = [
+            // "<=" is first since "older than" is the most common operator
+            relativeDateRelOps.value["<="],
+            relativeDateRelOps.value[">="],
+          ];
+          break;
         default:
-          operatorOptions = [relOps.value["="], relOps.value["<>"]];
+          operatorChoices = [relOps.value["="], relOps.value["<>"]];
       }
     }
-    updatedField.relationalOperatorOptions = operatorOptions;
+    updatedField.relationalOperatorChoices = operatorChoices;
-    if (!operatorOptions.includes(updatedField.relationalOperatorValue)) {
+    if (!operatorChoices.includes(updatedField.relationalOperatorValue)) {
-      updatedField.relationalOperatorValue = operatorOptions[0];
+      updatedField.relationalOperatorValue = operatorChoices[0];
     }
 
     if (resetValue) {
@@ -271,7 +318,7 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
         isValid = false;
       }
 
-      if (field.fieldOptions?.length || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
+      if (field.fieldChoices?.length || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
         if (field.values?.length) {
           let val: string;
           if (field.type === "string" || field.type === "date" || isOrganizerType(field.type)) {
@@ -316,7 +363,8 @@ export function useQueryFilterBuilder() {
 
   return {
     logOps,
-    relOps,
+    placeholderKeywords,
+    getRelOps,
     buildQueryFilterString,
     getFieldFromFieldDef,
     isOrganizerType,

frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json

@@ -1422,7 +1422,9 @@
       "is-greater-than": "is greater than",
       "is-greater-than-or-equal-to": "is greater than or equal to",
       "is-less-than": "is less than",
-      "is-less-than-or-equal-to": "is less than or equal to"
+      "is-less-than-or-equal-to": "is less than or equal to",
+      "is-older-than": "is older than",
+      "is-newer-than": "is newer than"
     },
     "relational-keywords": {
       "is": "is",
@@ -1432,6 +1434,9 @@
       "contains-all-of": "contains all of",
       "is-like": "is like",
       "is-not-like": "is not like"
+    },
+    "dates": {
+      "days-ago": "days ago|day ago|days ago"
     }
   },
   "validators": {

frontend/lib/api/types/non-generated.ts

@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ export enum Organizer {
   User = "users",
 }
 
-export type LogicalOperator = "AND" | "OR";
+export type PlaceholderKeyword = "$NOW";
 export type RelationalKeyword = "IS" | "IS NOT" | "IN" | "NOT IN" | "CONTAINS ALL" | "LIKE" | "NOT LIKE";
+export type LogicalOperator = "AND" | "OR";
 export type RelationalOperator = "=" | "<>" | ">" | "<" | ">=" | "<=";
 
 export interface QueryFilterJSON {

frontend/pages/g/[groupSlug]/cookbooks/index.vue

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
     <!-- Cookbook Page -->
     <!-- Page Title -->
-    <v-container max-width="1000">
+    <v-container class="lg-container">
       <BasePageTitle divider>
         <template #header>
           <v-img width="100%" max-height="100" max-width="100" src="/svgs/manage-cookbooks.svg" />

frontend/pages/g/[groupSlug]/recipes/finder/index.vue

@@ -664,6 +664,11 @@ export default defineNuxtComponent({
         label: i18n.t("user.users"),
         type: Organizer.User,
       },
+      {
+        name: "last_made",
+        label: i18n.t("general.last-made"),
+        type: "relativeDate",
+      },
     ];
 
     function clearQueryFilter() {

frontend/pages/household/mealplan/settings.vue

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <v-container class="md-container">
+  <v-container class="lg-container">
     <BasePageTitle divider>
       <template #header>
         <v-img

mealie/services/query_filter/builder.py

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class QueryFilterJSON(MealieModel):
 class QueryFilterBuilderComponent:
     """A single relational statement"""
 
+    raw_value: str | list[str] | None
+    """The raw value parsed from the query filter string, before processing placeholder keywords"""
+
+    value: str | list[str] | None
+    """The value parsed from the query filter string, after processing placeholder keywords"""
+
     @staticmethod
     def strip_quotes_from_string(val: str) -> str:
         if len(val) > 2 and val[0] == '"' and val[-1] == '"':
@@ -76,12 +82,12 @@ class QueryFilterBuilderComponent:
                     f'invalid query string: "{relationship.value}" can only be used with "NULL", not "{value}"'
                 )
 
-            self.value = None
+            self.raw_value = None
         else:
-            self.value = value
+            self.raw_value = value
 
         # process placeholder keywords
-        self.value = PlaceholderKeyword.parse_value(self.value)
+        self.value = PlaceholderKeyword.parse_value(self.raw_value)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"[{self.attribute_name} {self.relationship.value} {self.value}]"
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ class QueryFilterBuilderComponent:
             logical_operator=None,
             attribute_name=self.attribute_name,
             relational_operator=self.relationship,
-            value=self.value,
+            value=self.raw_value,  # we use the raw value to preserve placeholder keywords
         )
 
 

tests/unit_tests/repository_tests/test_query_filter_builder.py

@@ -60,3 +60,17 @@ def test_query_filter_builder_json():
             ),
         ]
     )
+
+
+def test_query_filter_builder_json_uses_raw_value():
+    qf = "last_made <= $NOW-30d"
+    builder = QueryFilterBuilder(qf)
+    assert builder.as_json_model() == QueryFilterJSON(
+        parts=[
+            QueryFilterJSONPart(
+                attribute_name="last_made",
+                relational_operator=RelationalOperator.LTE,
+                value="$NOW-30d",
+            ),
+        ]
+    )