Handle Partial Updates to User Profile in updateProfile Function

src/controllers/profile.controller.ts

@@ -49,21 +49,16 @@ export const updateProfileHandler = async (
           reject(err)
         } else {
           try {
+            const updateData: Partial<Profile> = { ...req.body }
+
             if (req.file) {
-              const image_url = IMG_HOST + '/' + req.file?.filename
-              const { statusCode, profile, message } = await updateProfile(
-                user,
-                {
-                  ...req.body,
-                  image_url
-                }
-              )
-              return res.status(statusCode).json({ profile, message })
+              updateData.image_url = IMG_HOST + '/' + req.file.filename
             }
 
-            const { statusCode, profile, message } = await updateProfile(user, {
-              ...req.body
-            })
+            const { statusCode, profile, message } = await updateProfile(
+              user,
+              updateData
+            )
             return res.status(statusCode).json({ profile, message })
           } catch (error) {
             reject(error)

src/schemas/profile-routes.schema.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
 
 export const updateProfileSchema = z.object({
-  primary_email: z.string().email(),
-  first_name: z.string(),
-  last_name: z.string(),
-  image_url: z.string().url()
+  primary_email: z.string().email().optional(),
+  first_name: z.string().optional(),
+  last_name: z.string().optional(),
+  image_url: z.string().url().optional()
 })
 
 export const getApplicationsSchema = z.object({

src/services/profile.service.ts

@@ -2,26 +2,32 @@ import { dataSource } from '../configs/dbConfig'
 import Mentee from '../entities/mentee.entity'
 import Mentor from '../entities/mentor.entity'
 import Profile from '../entities/profile.entity'
+import { type CreateProfile } from '../types'
 import { getMentorPublicData } from '../utils'
 
 export const updateProfile = async (
   user: Profile,
-  { primary_email, first_name, last_name, image_url }: Partial<Profile>
+  updateData: Partial<Profile>
 ): Promise<{
   statusCode: number
   profile?: Profile | null
   message: string
 }> => {
   try {
     const profileRepository = dataSource.getRepository(Profile)
+
+    const { primary_email, first_name, last_name, image_url } = updateData
+
+    const updatedFields: Partial<Profile> = {
+      primary_email,
+      first_name,
+      last_name,
+      image_url
+    }
+
     await profileRepository.update(
       { uuid: user.uuid },
-      {
-        primary_email,
-        first_name,
-        last_name,
-        image_url
-      }
+      updatedFields as CreateProfile
     )
 
     const savedProfile = await profileRepository.findOneBy({