Allow adding, removing items and clearing list fields.

.changeset/tall-worms-compare.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@livekit/protocol": patch
+"github.com/livekit/protocol": patch
+---
+
+Allow adding, removing items and clearing list fields.

livekit/types.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"slices"
 
 	"buf.build/go/protoyaml"
 	"github.com/dennwc/iters"
@@ -226,14 +227,42 @@ func (p *ListUpdate) Validate() error {
 	if p == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+	change := len(p.Set)+len(p.Add)+len(p.Del) > 0
+	if !p.Clear && !change {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported list update operation")
+	}
+	if p.Clear && change {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot clear and change the list at the same time")
+	}
+	if len(p.Set) > 0 && len(p.Add)+len(p.Del) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot set and change the list at the same time")
+	}
 	for _, v := range p.Set {
 		if v == "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("empty element in the list")
 		}
 	}
+	for _, v := range p.Add {
+		if v == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("empty element in the list")
+		}
+	}
+	for _, v := range p.Del {
+		if v == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("empty element in the list")
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (p *ListUpdate) Apply(arr []string) ([]string, error) {
+	if err := p.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return arr, err
+	}
+	applyListUpdate(&arr, p)
+	return arr, nil
+}
+
 func applyUpdate[T any](dst *T, set *T) {
 	if set != nil {
 		*dst = *set
@@ -250,9 +279,28 @@ func applyListUpdate[T ~string](dst *[]T, u *ListUpdate) {
 	if u == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	arr := make([]T, 0, len(u.Set))
-	for _, v := range u.Set {
-		arr = append(arr, T(v))
+	if u.Clear {
+		*dst = nil
+		return
+	}
+	if len(u.Set) != 0 {
+		arr := make([]T, 0, len(u.Set))
+		for _, v := range u.Set {
+			arr = append(arr, T(v))
+		}
+		*dst = arr
+		return
+	}
+	arr := slices.Clone(*dst)
+	for _, v := range u.Del {
+		if i := slices.Index(arr, T(v)); i >= 0 {
+			arr = slices.Delete(arr, i, i+1)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, v := range u.Add {
+		if i := slices.Index(arr, T(v)); i < 0 {
+			arr = append(arr, T(v))
+		}
 	}
 	*dst = arr
 }

livekit/types_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package livekit
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/dennwc/iters"
@@ -238,3 +239,83 @@ func TestListPageIter(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, []testPageItem(nil), got)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestListUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	var cases = []struct {
+		Name   string
+		Arr    []string
+		Update *ListUpdate
+		Exp    []string
+		Err    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			Name:   "empty update",
+			Update: &ListUpdate{},
+			Err:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "clear and set",
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Clear: true, Set: []string{"a"}},
+			Err:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "clear and add",
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Clear: true, Add: []string{"a"}},
+			Err:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "set and add",
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Set: []string{"a"}, Add: []string{"b"}},
+			Err:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "set and del",
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Set: []string{"a"}, Del: []string{"b"}},
+			Err:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "clear",
+			Arr:    []string{"a", "b"},
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Clear: true},
+			Exp:    nil,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "set",
+			Arr:    []string{"a"},
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Set: []string{"b"}},
+			Exp:    []string{"b"},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "add",
+			Arr:    []string{"a", "b"},
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Add: []string{"b", "c"}},
+			Exp:    []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "del",
+			Arr:    []string{"a", "b"},
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Del: []string{"b", "c"}},
+			Exp:    []string{"a"},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "add and del",
+			Arr:    []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+			Update: &ListUpdate{Add: []string{"b", "d"}, Del: []string{"c", "e"}},
+			Exp:    []string{"a", "b", "d"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			prev := slices.Clone(c.Arr)
+			out, err := c.Update.Apply(c.Arr)
+			if c.Err {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, c.Exp, out)
+			require.Equal(t, prev, c.Arr)
+		})
+	}
+}

protobufs/livekit_models.proto

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ message Pagination {
 // ListUpdate is used for updated APIs where 'repeated string' field is modified.
 message ListUpdate {
   repeated string set = 1; // set the field to a new list
+  repeated string add = 2; // append items to a list, avoiding duplicates
+  repeated string del = 3; // delete items from a list
+  bool clear = 4; // sets the list to an empty list
 }
 
 message Room {