stahura/appdb

Rule: Domo App Platform AppDB (Toolkit-First)

This rule is toolkit-first. Use AppDBClient instead of raw domo.get/post/put/delete endpoints.

Canonical Client

yarn add @domoinc/toolkit

import { AppDBClient } from '@domoinc/toolkit';

type Task = {
  title: string;
  status: 'active' | 'completed';
  priority: 'Low' | 'High' | 'Urgent';
};

const tasksClient = new AppDBClient.DocumentsClient<Task>('TasksCollection');

Core Operations

Create

const created = await tasksClient.create({
  title: 'New Task',
  status: 'active',
  priority: 'High'
});
const task = created.body;

Read / query

const all = await tasksClient.get();
const active = await tasksClient.get({ status: { $eq: 'active' } });
const highOpen = await tasksClient.get({
  $and: [{ status: { $ne: 'completed' } }, { priority: { $in: ['High', 'Urgent'] } }]
});

AppDB response structure (critical)

Documents returned by .get() are wrapped with metadata and your fields live inside doc.content.

What .create() accepts:

{ vendor: 'Acme', riskLevel: 'High', notes: 'Late payments' }

What .get() returns (shape):

[
  {
    "id": "04b1756e-7b6d-4d77-842f-7975a6474d8a",
    "datastoreId": "a3b85171-...",
    "collectionId": "ba194a7d-...",
    "syncRequired": true,
    "owner": 767612617,
    "createdOn": "2026-03-22T02:22:42.030Z",
    "updatedOn": "2026-03-22T02:22:42.030Z",
    "updatedBy": 767612617,
    "content": {
      "vendor": "Acme",
      "riskLevel": "High",
      "notes": "Late payments"
    }
  }
]

Key points:

• Your app fields are nested inside doc.content, not at the top level.
• doc.id is the document ID used for .update() and .delete().
• Metadata fields (datastoreId, collectionId, owner, createdOn, etc.) are top-level.
• Overall result may be in response.body or directly the array.

Required parsing pattern:

const response = await tasksClient.get();
const rawDocs = response.body || response;
const docs = Array.isArray(rawDocs) ? rawDocs : [];

const parsed = docs.map((doc) => ({
  id: doc.id,
  ...doc.content
}));

Common mistake:

// WRONG: fields are inside content
const docs = response.body || response;
docs[0].vendor; // undefined

// CORRECT
docs[0].content.vendor; // "Acme"

Update

await tasksClient.update({
  id: 'document-uuid',
  content: { title: 'Updated', status: 'completed', priority: 'Low' }
});

await tasksClient.partialUpdate(
  { status: { $eq: 'active' } },
  { $set: { status: 'archived' } }
);

Delete

await tasksClient.delete('document-uuid');
await tasksClient.delete(['uuid-1', 'uuid-2']);

Manifest Requirements

Collections still must exist in manifest.json under collections.

{
  "collections": [
    {
      "name": "TasksCollection",
      "schema": {
        "columns": [
          { "name": "title", "type": "STRING" },
          { "name": "status", "type": "STRING" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Checklist

• [ ] collections mapping exists in manifest
• [ ] AppDBClient.DocumentsClient used for CRUD
• [ ] .get() results are unwrapped from doc.content before UI/use
• [ ] Query/update operators ($eq, $in, $set, $inc, etc.) used correctly
• [ ] Error handling and loading states included in UI flows