Service Design Specification - Object Design for company

linkedin-company-service documentation

Document Overview

This document outlines the object design for the company model in our application. It includes details about the model’s attributes, relationships, and any specific validation or business logic that applies.

company Data Object

Object Overview

Description: Represents a company profile and brand presence/pages on the network.

This object represents a core data structure within the service and acts as the blueprint for database interaction, API generation, and business logic enforcement. It is defined using the ObjectSettings pattern, which governs its behavior, access control, caching strategy, and integration points with other systems such as Stripe and Redis.

Core Configuration

Properties Schema

Property Type Required Description
name String Yes -
website String No -
location String No -
logoUrl String No -
pageVisibility Enum Yes -
createdByUserId ID Yes -
description Text No -
industry String No -

Default Values

Default values are automatically assigned to properties when a new object is created, if no value is provided in the request body. Since default values are applied on db level, they should be literal values, not expressions.If you want to use expressions, you can use transposed parameters in any business API to set default values dynamically.

Auto Update Properties

name website location logoUrl pageVisibility createdByUserId description industry

An update crud API created with the option Auto Params enabled will automatically update these properties with the provided values in the request body. If you want to update any property in your own business logic not by user input, you can set the Allow Auto Update option to false. These properties will be added to the update API’s body parameters and can be updated by the user if any value is provided in the request body.

Enum Properties

Enum properties are defined with a set of allowed values, ensuring that only valid options can be assigned to them. The enum options value will be stored as strings in the database, but when a data object is created an addtional property with the same name plus an idx suffix will be created, which will hold the index of the selected enum option. You can use the index property to sort by the enum value or when your enum options represent a sequence of values.

Elastic Search Indexing

name website location logoUrl pageVisibility createdByUserId description industry

Properties that are indexed in Elastic Search will be searchable via the Elastic Search API. While all properties are stored in the elastic search index of the data object, only those marked for Elastic Search indexing will be available for search queries.

Database Indexing

name

Properties that are indexed in the database will be optimized for query performance, allowing for faster data retrieval. Make a property indexed in the database if you want to use it frequently in query filters or sorting.

Unique Properties

name

Unique properties are enforced to have distinct values across all instances of the data object, preventing duplicate entries. Note that a unique property is automatically indexed in the database so you will not need to set the Indexed in DB option.

Filter Properties

name location pageVisibility industry

Filter properties are used to define parameters that can be used in query filters, allowing for dynamic data retrieval based on user input or predefined criteria. These properties are automatically mapped as API parameters in the listing API’s that have “Auto Params” enabled.