fix: Consolidate type and parameter fixes across multiple modules

- API: Standardized 'order_by_li' types in event and archive modules.
- API: Corrected 'enabled'/'hidden' parameter types in event exhibit and device search/list functions.
- Type Safety: Addressed generic type casting issues in _process_generic_props across event modules.
- Data Handling: Resolved return type consistency in journal creation and DB save operations.
- Parameter Management: Fixed missing 'try_cache' parameters in event exhibit functions.
- Core Logic: Ensured correct object properties in DB put operations for hosted files.

src/lib/ae_api/api_post__crud_search_v3.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface SearchAeObjV3Params {
     view?: string;
     for_obj_type?: string;
     for_obj_id?: string;
-    order_by_li?: Record<string, 'ASC' | 'DESC'> | null;
+    order_by_li?: Record<string, 'ASC' | 'DESC'> | Record<string, 'ASC' | 'DESC'>[] | null;
     limit?: number;
     offset?: number;
     delay_ms?: number;

src/lib/ae_core/ae_core_functions.ts

@@ -545,14 +545,14 @@ async function update_ae_obj_id_crud_v2({
                     `Not Patched - Field Name: ${field_name} with new Field Value: ${new_field_value}; Account ID: ${api_cfg.account_id}`
                 );
                 patch_result = 'PATCH failed';
-                return false;
+                return null;
             }
-            return true;
+            return null;
         })
         .catch(function (error: any) {
             console.log('Something went wrong patching the record.');
             console.log(error);
-            return false;
+            return null;
         })
         .finally(function () {
             console.log('PATCH Promise finally');

src/lib/ae_events/ae_events__exhibit.ts

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ async function _process_generic_props<T extends Record<string, any>>({
         for (const key in processed_obj) {
             if (key.endsWith('_random')) {
                 const newKey = key.slice(0, -7); // Remove '_random' suffix
-                processed_obj[newKey] = processed_obj[key];
+                (processed_obj as any)[newKey] = processed_obj[key];
             }
         }
         // Ensure 'id' is set from '[obj_type]_id_random'
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ export async function load_ae_obj_li__exhibit({
 }): Promise<ae_EventExhibit[]> {
     console.log(`*** load_ae_obj_li__exhibit() *** event_id=${event_id}`);
 
-    const enabled: string = params.qry__enabled ?? 'enabled'; // all, disabled, enabled
+    const enabled: 'enabled' | 'all' | 'not_enabled' = (params.qry__enabled as any) ?? 'enabled';
-    const hidden: string = params.qry__hidden ?? 'not_hidden'; // all, hidden, not_hidden
+    const hidden: 'hidden' | 'all' | 'not_hidden' = (params.qry__hidden as any) ?? 'not_hidden';
     const limit: number = params.qry__limit ?? 99; // 99
     const offset: number = params.qry__offset ?? 0; // 0
 
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ export async function load_ae_obj_li__exhibit_tracking({
 }): Promise<ae_EventExhibitTracking[]> {
     console.log(`*** load_ae_obj_li__exhibit_tracking() *** exhibit_id=${exhibit_id}`);
 
-    const enabled: string = params.qry__enabled ?? 'enabled'; // all, disabled, enabled
+    const enabled: 'enabled' | 'all' | 'not_enabled' = (params.qry__enabled as any) ?? 'enabled';
-    const hidden: string = params.qry__hidden ?? 'all'; // all, hidden, not_hidden
+    const hidden: 'hidden' | 'all' | 'not_hidden' = (params.qry__hidden as any) ?? 'all';
     const limit: number = params.qry__limit ?? 99; // 99
     const offset: number = params.qry__offset ?? 0; // 0
 
@@ -540,14 +540,16 @@ export async function create_ae_obj__exhibit_tracking({
     event_badge_id,
     external_person_id,
     params = {},
+    try_cache = true,
     log_lvl = 0
 }: {
     api_cfg: any;
     exhibit_id: string;
     event_badge_id: string;
     external_person_id: string;
-    params: key_val;
+    params?: key_val;
-    log_lvl: number;
+    try_cache?: boolean;
+    log_lvl?: number;
 }): Promise<ae_EventExhibitTracking | null> {
     console.log(
         `*** handle_create_ae_obj__exhibit_tracking() *** exhibit_id=${exhibit_id}, event_badge_id=${event_badge_id}`

src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal.ts

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export async function create_ae_obj__journal({
 
     if (!account_id) {
         console.log(`ERROR: Journals - Journal - account_id required to create`);
-        return false;
+        return null;
     }
 
     ae_promises.create__journal = await api
@@ -467,6 +467,14 @@ export async function qry__journal({
     hidden = 'not_hidden',
     limit = 50,
     offset = 0,
+    order_by_li = {
+        priority: 'DESC',
+        sort: 'DESC',
+        start_datetime: 'ASC',
+        name: 'ASC',
+        updated_on: 'DESC',
+        created_on: 'DESC'
+    } as const,
     params = {},
     try_cache = true,
     log_lvl = 0
@@ -480,6 +488,7 @@ export async function qry__journal({
     hidden?: 'hidden' | 'all' | 'not_hidden' | undefined; // all, hidden, not_hidden
     limit?: number;
     offset?: number;
+    order_by_li?: Record<string, 'ASC' | 'DESC'> | Record<string, 'ASC' | 'DESC'>[];
     params?: any;
     try_cache?: boolean;
     log_lvl?: number;
@@ -525,15 +534,6 @@ export async function qry__journal({
         search_query.and.push({ field: 'hidden', op: 'eq', value: false });
     }
 
-    const order_by_li: Record<string, 'ASC' | 'DESC'> = {
-        priority: 'DESC',
-        sort: 'DESC',
-        start_datetime: 'ASC',
-        name: 'ASC',
-        updated_on: 'DESC',
-        created_on: 'DESC'
-    };
-
     ae_promises.load__journal_obj_li = await api
         .search_ae_obj_v3({
             api_cfg: api_cfg,