Fixes on getRelationshipInfo, ShouldUseNestedProcessor

pkg/restheadspec/handler.go

@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleUpdate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id
 		dataMap["id"] = targetID
 
 		// Create update query
-		query := tx.NewUpdate().Table(tableName).SetMap(dataMap)
+		query := tx.NewUpdate().Model(model).Table(tableName).SetMap(dataMap)
 		pkName := reflection.GetPrimaryKeyName(model)
 		query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s = ?", common.QuoteIdent(pkName)), targetID)
 
@@ -1904,7 +1904,8 @@ func filterExtendedOptions(validator *common.ColumnValidator, options ExtendedRe
 }
 
 // shouldUseNestedProcessor determines if we should use nested CUD processing
-// It checks if the data contains nested relations or a _request field
+// It recursively checks if the data contains deeply nested relations or _request fields
+// Simple one-level relations without further nesting don't require the nested processor
 func (h *Handler) shouldUseNestedProcessor(data map[string]interface{}, model interface{}) bool {
 	return common.ShouldUseNestedProcessor(data, model, h)
 }
@@ -1966,12 +1967,40 @@ func (h *Handler) getRelationshipInfo(modelType reflect.Type, relationName strin
 				// Determine if it's belongsTo or hasMany/hasOne
 				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
 					info.relationType = "hasMany"
+					// Get the element type for slice
+					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.relatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
 				} else if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
 					info.relationType = "belongsTo"
+					elemType := field.Type
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.relatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
 				}
 			} else if strings.Contains(gormTag, "many2many") {
 				info.relationType = "many2many"
 				info.joinTable = h.extractTagValue(gormTag, "many2many")
+				// Get the element type for many2many (always slice)
+				if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+					elemType := field.Type.Elem()
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+						elemType = elemType.Elem()
+					}
+					if elemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+						info.relatedModel = reflect.New(elemType).Elem().Interface()
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Field has no GORM relationship tags, so it's not a relation
+				return nil
 			}
 
 			return info

pkg/restheadspec/handler_nested_test.go

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestShouldUseNestedProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 		expected bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "Data with nested posts",
+			name: "Data with simple nested posts (no further nesting)",
 			data: map[string]interface{}{
 				"name": "John",
 				"posts": []map[string]interface{}{
@@ -140,7 +140,23 @@ func TestShouldUseNestedProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			model:    TestUser{},
-			expected: true,
+			expected: false, // Simple one-level nesting doesn't require nested processor
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Data with deeply nested relations",
+			data: map[string]interface{}{
+				"name": "John",
+				"posts": []map[string]interface{}{
+					{
+						"title": "Post 1",
+						"comments": []map[string]interface{}{
+							{"content": "Comment 1"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			model:    TestUser{},
+			expected: true, // Multi-level nesting requires nested processor
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Data without nested relations",
@@ -159,6 +175,20 @@ func TestShouldUseNestedProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 			model:    TestUser{},
 			expected: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Nested data with _request field",
+			data: map[string]interface{}{
+				"name": "John",
+				"posts": []map[string]interface{}{
+					{
+						"_request": "insert",
+						"title":    "Post 1",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			model:    TestUser{},
+			expected: true, // _request at nested level requires nested processor
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {