From 2669f0d81a253196b2cd2a52413079b8567882ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TheGreatAion <wookieefire@gmail.om>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 21:43:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add partial job update endpoint

---
 apps/api/src/controllers/jobController.js | 17 ++++--
 apps/api/src/routes/jobRoutes.js          |  3 +-
 apps/api/src/services/jobService.js       | 10 ++++
 apps/api/src/tests/job-update.test.js     | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/api/src/tests/job-update.test.js

diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/jobController.js b/apps/api/src/controllers/jobController.js
index e067c23073..e3413499f9 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/jobController.js
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/jobController.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { ok } from "../utils/response.js";
-import { createJobSchema } from "../validators/job.js";
-import { createJob, listJobs } from "../services/jobService.js";
+import { fail, ok } from "../utils/response.js";
+import { createJobSchema, updateJobSchema } from "../validators/job.js";
+import { createJob, listJobs, updateJob } from "../services/jobService.js";
 
 export async function getJobs(req, res) {
   return ok(res, await listJobs());
@@ -10,3 +10,14 @@ export async function postJob(req, res) {
   const payload = createJobSchema.parse(req.body);
   return ok(res, await createJob(payload), 201);
 }
+
+export async function patchJob(req, res) {
+  const payload = updateJobSchema.parse(req.body);
+  const job = await updateJob(req.params.id, payload);
+
+  if (!job) {
+    return fail(res, "Job not found", 404);
+  }
+
+  return ok(res, job);
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/jobRoutes.js b/apps/api/src/routes/jobRoutes.js
index f8ca6d3fc9..4ac9186926 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/jobRoutes.js
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/jobRoutes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
-import { getJobs, postJob } from "../controllers/jobController.js";
+import { getJobs, patchJob, postJob } from "../controllers/jobController.js";
 
 export const jobRoutes = Router();
 
 jobRoutes.get("/", getJobs);
 jobRoutes.post("/", postJob);
+jobRoutes.patch("/:id", patchJob);
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/jobService.js b/apps/api/src/services/jobService.js
index b677c13eca..5c85674450 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/jobService.js
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/jobService.js
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ export async function createJob(payload) {
   jobs.push(job);
   return job;
 }
+
+export async function updateJob(id, payload) {
+  const index = jobs.findIndex((job) => job.id === id);
+  if (index === -1) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  jobs[index] = { ...jobs[index], ...payload, id };
+  return jobs[index];
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/tests/job-update.test.js b/apps/api/src/tests/job-update.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377d853a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/tests/job-update.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createApp } from "../app.js";
+
+async function startServer(t) {
+  const server = createApp().listen(0);
+
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.once("listening", resolve);
+    server.once("error", reject);
+  });
+
+  t.after(() => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close((error) => (error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+  }));
+
+  return `http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}`;
+}
+
+test("PATCH /api/jobs/:id applies partial updates and preserves the job id", async (t) => {
+  const baseUrl = await startServer(t);
+  const createdResponse = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/jobs`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      title: "Original job title",
+      description: "Original job description",
+      budgetMin: 100,
+      budgetMax: 200,
+      categoryId: "category-1"
+    })
+  });
+  const created = await createdResponse.json();
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/jobs/${created.data.id}`, {
+    method: "PATCH",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      id: "client-controlled-id",
+      title: "Updated job title"
+    })
+  });
+  const payload = await response.json();
+
+  assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+  assert.equal(payload.data.id, created.data.id);
+  assert.equal(payload.data.title, "Updated job title");
+  assert.equal(payload.data.description, "Original job description");
+});
+
+test("PATCH /api/jobs/:id returns 404 for an unknown job", async (t) => {
+  const baseUrl = await startServer(t);
+  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/jobs/job-missing`, {
+    method: "PATCH",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ title: "Updated job title" })
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(response.status, 404);
+  assert.deepEqual(await response.json(), {
+    success: false,
+    message: "Job not found"
+  });
+});