Write tests to ensure createdAt is not deleted on update

- we had a silly serious bug by overwriting all attributes at the time
of UpdatePost
- tests in place to ensure we don't accidentally delete our createdAt
attribute

backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.spec.js

@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ const driver = getDriver()
 const neode = getNeode()
 const factory = Factory()
 
-let variables
-let mutate
-let authenticatedUser
-let commentAuthor
+let variables, mutate, authenticatedUser, commentAuthor, newlyCreatedComment
 
 beforeAll(() => {
   const { server } = createServer({
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ const setupPostAndComment = async () => {
     content: 'Post to be commented',
     categoryIds: ['cat9'],
   })
-  await factory.create('Comment', {
+  newlyCreatedComment = await factory.create('Comment', {
     id: 'c456',
     postId: 'p1',
     author: commentAuthor,
@@ -160,6 +157,8 @@ describe('UpdateComment', () => {
       UpdateComment(content: $content, id: $id) {
         id
         content
+        createdAt
+        updatedAt
       }
     }
   `
@@ -200,6 +199,33 @@ describe('UpdateComment', () => {
         )
       })
 
+      it('updates a comment, but maintains non-updated attributes', async () => {
+        const expected = {
+          data: {
+            UpdateComment: {
+              id: 'c456',
+              content: 'The comment is updated',
+              createdAt: expect.any(String),
+            },
+          },
+        }
+        await expect(mutate({ mutation: updateCommentMutation, variables })).resolves.toMatchObject(
+          expected,
+        )
+      })
+
+      it('updates the updatedAt attribute', async () => {
+        newlyCreatedComment = await newlyCreatedComment.toJson()
+        const {
+          data: { UpdateComment },
+        } = await mutate({ mutation: updateCommentMutation, variables })
+        expect(newlyCreatedComment.updatedAt).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(Date.parse(newlyCreatedComment.updatedAt)).toEqual(expect.any(Number))
+        expect(UpdateComment.updatedAt).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(Date.parse(UpdateComment.updatedAt)).toEqual(expect.any(Number))
+        expect(newlyCreatedComment.updatedAt).not.toEqual(UpdateComment.updatedAt)
+      })
+
       describe('if `content` empty', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           variables = { ...variables, content: '  <p> </p>' }

backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.spec.js

@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ describe('CreatePost', () => {
 })
 
 describe('UpdatePost', () => {
-  let author
+  let author, newlyCreatedPost
   const updatePostMutation = gql`
     mutation($id: ID!, $title: String!, $content: String!, $categoryIds: [ID]) {
       UpdatePost(id: $id, title: $title, content: $content, categoryIds: $categoryIds) {
@@ -370,12 +370,14 @@ describe('UpdatePost', () => {
         categories {
           id
         }
+        createdAt
+        updatedAt
       }
     }
   `
   beforeEach(async () => {
     author = await factory.create('User', { slug: 'the-author' })
-    await factory.create('Post', {
+    newlyCreatedPost = await factory.create('Post', {
       author,
       id: 'p9876',
       title: 'Old title',
@@ -421,6 +423,29 @@ describe('UpdatePost', () => {
       )
     })
 
+    it('updates a post, but maintains non-updated attributes', async () => {
+      const expected = {
+        data: {
+          UpdatePost: { id: 'p9876', content: 'New content', createdAt: expect.any(String) },
+        },
+      }
+      await expect(mutate({ mutation: updatePostMutation, variables })).resolves.toMatchObject(
+        expected,
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('updates the updatedAt attribute', async () => {
+      newlyCreatedPost = await newlyCreatedPost.toJson()
+      const {
+        data: { UpdatePost },
+      } = await mutate({ mutation: updatePostMutation, variables })
+      expect(newlyCreatedPost.updatedAt).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(Date.parse(newlyCreatedPost.updatedAt)).toEqual(expect.any(Number))
+      expect(UpdatePost.updatedAt).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(Date.parse(UpdatePost.updatedAt)).toEqual(expect.any(Number))
+      expect(newlyCreatedPost.updatedAt).not.toEqual(UpdatePost.updatedAt)
+    })
+
     describe('no new category ids provided for update', () => {
       it('resolves and keeps current categories', async () => {
         const expected = {