Improving the Work Item rendering.

crudkit/core/__init__.py

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ from .utils import (
     deep_diff,
     diff_to_patch,
     filter_to_columns,
+    to_jsonable,
 )

crudkit/core/service.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import InstrumentedAttribute
 from sqlalchemy.sql import operators
 from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import UnaryExpression, ColumnElement
 
-from crudkit.core import deep_diff, diff_to_patch, filter_to_columns, normalize_payload
+from crudkit.core import to_jsonable, deep_diff, diff_to_patch, filter_to_columns, normalize_payload
 from crudkit.core.base import Version
 from crudkit.core.spec import CRUDSpec
 from crudkit.core.types import OrderSpec, SeekWindow
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class CRUDService(Generic[T]):
 
     def _log_version(self, change_type: str, obj: T, actor=None, metadata: dict | None = None):
         session = self.session
+        try:
             snapshot = {}
             try:
                 snapshot = obj.as_dict()
@@ -741,9 +742,12 @@ class CRUDService(Generic[T]):
                 model_name=self.model.__name__,
                 object_id=obj.id,
                 change_type=change_type,
-            data=snapshot,
+                data=to_jsonable(snapshot),
                 actor=str(actor) if actor else None,
-            meta=metadata or None,
+                meta=to_jsonable(metadata) if metadata else None,
             )
             session.add(version)
             session.commit()
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warning(f"Version logging failed for {self.model.__name__} id={getattr(obj, "id", "?")}: {str(e)}")
+            session.rollback()

crudkit/core/utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from datetime import datetime, date
+from decimal import Decimal
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Callable
 from sqlalchemy import inspect
 
@@ -8,6 +10,32 @@ ISO_DT_FORMATS = ("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f",
                   "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
                   "%Y-%m-%d")
 
+def to_jsonable(obj: Any):
+    """Recursively convert values into JSON-serializable forms."""
+    if obj is None or isinstance(obj, (str, int, float, bool)):
+        return obj
+
+    if isinstance(obj, (datetime, date)):
+        return obj.isoformat()
+
+    if isinstance(obj, Decimal):
+        return float(obj)
+
+    if isinstance(obj, Enum):
+        return obj.value
+
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return {str(k): to_jsonable(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
+
+    if isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set)):
+        return [to_jsonable(v) for v in obj]
+
+    # fallback: strin-ify weird objects (UUID, ORM instances, etc.)
+    try:
+        return str(obj)
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
 def filter_to_columns(data: dict, model_cls):
     cols = {c.key for c in inspect(model_cls).mapper.columns}
     return {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in cols}

inventory/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from flask import Flask
+from jinja_markdown import MarkdownExtension
 from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 from sqlalchemy import event
 from sqlalchemy.pool import Pool
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ from .routes.search import init_search_routes
 
 def create_app(config_cls=crudkit.DevConfig) -> Flask:
     app = Flask(__name__)
+    app.jinja_env.add_extension(MarkdownExtension)
 
     init_pretty(app)
 

inventory/templates/update_list.html

@@ -1,15 +1,74 @@
 {% set items = (field.template_ctx.instance.updates or []) %}
+
 <ul class="list-group mt-3">
     {% for n in items %}
         <li class="list-group-item">
             <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-start">
-                <div class="me-3" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">{{ n.content }}</div>
+                <div class="me-3" id="editContainer{{ n.id }}"></div>
-                <small class="text-muted">
+
+                <div class="d-flex flex-column align-items-end">
+                    <div id="editView{{ n.id }}">
+                        <small class="text-muted text-nowrap">
                             {{ n.timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") if n.timestamp else "" }}
                         </small>
                     </div>
+                    <div class="form-check form-switch">
+                        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="editSwitch{{ n.id }}" switch onchange="changeMode({{ n.id }})">
+                        <label for="editSwitch" class="form-check-label">Edit</label>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
         </li>
     {% else %}
         <li class="list-group-item text-muted">No updates yet.</li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ul>
+
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked/marked.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dompurify/dist/purify.min.js"></script>
+<script>
+    const contents = {};
+    {% for n in items %}
+        contents[{{ n.id }}] = {{ n.content | tojson }};
+    {% endfor %}
+
+    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+        for (const [id, md] of Object.entries(contents)) {
+            renderView(+id, md);
+        }
+    });
+
+    function renderView(id, md) {
+        const container = document.getElementById(`editContainer${id}`);
+        const html = marked.parse(md ?? "");
+
+        container.innerHTML = DOMPurify.sanitize(html, {
+            ADD_ATTR: ['target', 'rel'],
+        });
+        for (const a of container.querySelectorAll('a[href]')) {
+            a.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+            a.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer nofollow')
+        }
+    }
+
+    function changeMode(id) {
+        const container = document.getElementById(`editContainer${id}`);
+        const toggle = document.getElementById(`editSwitch${id}`);
+
+        if (toggle.checked) {
+            // Switch to editor mode
+            const current = contents[id] ?? "";
+            container.dataset.prev = container.innerHTML;
+
+            container.innerHTML = `
+                <textarea class="form-control" id="editor${id}" rows="6">${escapeForTextarea(current)}</textarea>
+                <div class="mt-2 d-flex gap-2">
+                    <button class="btn btn=primary btn-sm" onclick="saveEdit(${id})">Save</button>
+                </div>
+            `;
+        } else {
+            // Switch to viewer mode
+            renderView(id, contents[id]);
+        }
+    }
+</script>

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "flask",
     "flask_sqlalchemy",
     "html5lib",
+    "jinja_markdown",
     "pandas",
     "pyodbc",
     "python-dotenv",