TypeORM: update item and return it

Question

As far as I know, it's a best practice to return an item after it has been updated. TypeORM's updateById returns void, not the updated item though.

My question: Is it possible to update and return the modified item in a single line?

What I tried so far:

await this.taskRepository.updateById(id, { state, dueDate }); return this.taskRepository.findOne({ id }); 

What I'm looking for:

return this.taskRepository.updateById(id, { state, dueDate }); // returns updated task 

Answer 1

I just found out that I can do this with the .save method:

return this.taskRepository.save({     id: task.id,     state,     dueDate }); 

According to the docs (section save), partial updates are supported as well:

Also supports partial updating since all undefined properties are skipped.

Answer 2

To expand on sandrooco's answer, this is what I do:

const property = await this.propertyRepository.findOne({   where: { id } });  return this.propertyRepository.save({   ...property, // existing fields   ...updatePropertyDto // updated fields });