Automated event creation for submitted event requests

cms/src/api/event-request/content-types/event-request/schema.json

@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
     },
     "physicalPresence": {
       "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "status": {
+      "type": "enumeration",
+      "enum": ["pending", "approved"],
+      "default": "pending"
+    },
+    "event": {
+      "type": "relation",
+      "relation": "oneToOne",
+      "target": "api::event.event"
     }
   }
 }

cms/src/api/event-request/controllers/event-request.ts

@@ -4,4 +4,54 @@
 
 import { factories } from '@strapi/strapi'
 
-export default factories.createCoreController('api::event-request.event-request');
+export default factories.createCoreController('api::event-request.event-request', ({ strapi }) => ({
+  async approve(ctx) {
+    const { id } = ctx.params;
+
+    const request: any = await strapi.documents('api::event-request.event-request').findOne({
+      documentId: id,
+      populate: ['event' as any],
+    });
+
+    if (!request) {
+      return ctx.notFound('Event request not found');
+    }
+
+    if (!request.event) {
+      return ctx.badRequest('No linked draft event found');
+    }
+
+    if (request.status === 'approved') {
+      return ctx.badRequest('Event request already approved');
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await strapi.documents('api::event.event').publish({
+        documentId: request.event.documentId,
+      });
+
+      await strapi.documents('api::event-request.event-request').update({
+        documentId: id,
+        data: { status: 'approved' } as any,
+      });
+
+      await strapi.plugins['email'].services.email.send({
+        to: request.initiatorEmail,
+        from: 'hello@42.mk',
+        replyTo: 'hello@42.mk',
+        subject: 'Your event has been approved! - 42.mk',
+        html: `
+          <p>Great news! Your event request "<strong>${request.eventName}</strong>" has been approved and is now published.</p>
+          <p>You can view it on our platform.</p>
+          <p>Best regards,<br/>42.mk Team</p>
+        `,
+      });
+
+      ctx.body = { message: 'Event request approved' };
+    } catch (error) {
+      strapi.log.error('Error approving event request:', error);
+      ctx.status = 500;
+      ctx.body = { error: { message: 'Failed to approve event request' } };
+    }
+  },
+}));

cms/src/api/event-request/controllers/form.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@ export default {
         data: eventRequest,
       });
 
+      const startDateTime = `${eventRequest.eventDate}T${eventRequest.eventStart}`;
+
+      const draftEvent = await strapi.documents("api::event.event").create({
+        data: {
+          title: eventRequest.eventName,
+          description: `${eventRequest.eventPurpose}\n\n${eventRequest.eventTheme}`,
+          start: startDateTime,
+          summary: eventRequest.eventAgenda,
+          tags: eventRequest.eventTheme ? [{ tagName: eventRequest.eventTheme }] : [],
+        },
+        status: "draft",
+      });
+
+      await strapi.documents("api::event-request.event-request").update({
+        documentId: res.documentId,
+        data: { event: draftEvent.documentId } as any,
+      });
+
       const requestCopy = `<p><strong>Organizing entity</strong>: ${eventRequest.organizingEntity}</p>
       <p><strong>Initiator name</strong>: ${eventRequest.initiatorName}</p>
       <p><strong>Initiator email</strong>: ${eventRequest.initiatorEmail}</p>

cms/src/api/event-request/routes/event-request.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
  * event-request router
  */
 
-import { factories } from '@strapi/strapi';
-
-export default factories.createCoreRouter('api::event-request.event-request');
+export default {
+  routes: [
+    {
+      method: 'POST',
+      path: '/event-requests/:id/approve',
+      handler: 'event-request.approve',
+      config: {
+        policies: [],
+        middlewares: [],
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+};

cms/src/index.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,55 @@ import { eventNotificationMiddleware } from './middlewares/event-notifications';
 
 const FIREBASE_FCM_CREDENTIALS_PATH = './base42-mobile-app-fcm-firebase-adminsdk.json';
 
+const eventRequestApprovalMiddleware = () => {
+  return async (context, next) => {
+    if (context.uid !== 'api::event.event') {
+      return await next();
+    }
+
+    const result = await next();
+
+    if (context.action === 'publish' && result?.documentId) {
+      try {
+        const request = await strapi.db.query('api::event-request.event-request').findOne({
+          where: {
+            event: { documentId: result.documentId },
+          },
+        });
+
+        if (request && request.status !== 'approved') {
+          await strapi.documents('api::event-request.event-request').update({
+            documentId: request.documentId,
+            data: { status: 'approved' } as any,
+          });
+
+          const reqDetails = await strapi.db.query('api::event-request.event-request').findOne({
+            where: { documentId: request.documentId },
+          });
+
+          if (reqDetails?.initiatorEmail) {
+            await strapi.plugins['email'].services.email.send({
+              to: reqDetails.initiatorEmail,
+              from: 'hello@42.mk',
+              replyTo: 'hello@42.mk',
+              subject: 'Your event has been approved! - 42.mk',
+              html: `
+                <p>Great news! Your event request "<strong>${reqDetails.eventName}</strong>" has been approved and is now published.</p>
+                <p>You can view it on our platform.</p>
+                <p>Best regards,<br/>42.mk Team</p>
+              `,
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        strapi.log.error('[Event Request Approval] Error syncing status after publish:', error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  };
+};
+
 export default {
   /**
    * An asynchronous register function that runs before
@@ -42,6 +91,7 @@ export default {
     });
 
     strapi.documents.use(eventNotificationMiddleware());
+    strapi.documents.use(eventRequestApprovalMiddleware());
   },
 
   /**