fix: Query on /installations and /audiences fails with "Invalid key name: 0" when sent as POST with _method=GET

[AdrianCurtin]

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Issue

Closes: #10626

InstallationsRouter.handleFind and AudiencesRouter.handleFind override ClassesRouter.handleFind but omit its string-where decoding, so a find sent as POST + _method=GET (what SDKs fall back to once the URL exceeds the maximum length) fails on /installations and /audiences with Invalid key name: 0, while the identical query succeeds on /classes/_Installation.

The undecoded where string reaches DatabaseController.validateQuery, which runs Object.keys() over it and walks the string character by character, so the first index fails the key-name check.

Approach

Extract the decoding into ClassesRouter.decodeWhere(body) and call it from all three routers that serve a find. Behavior for the classes route is unchanged: the helper still mutates body.where in place and still throws Parse.Error.INVALID_JSON on malformed JSON.

Tasks

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Walkthrough

The change adds shared JSON decoding for request-body where filters. Audience and installation queries use the decoder. Tests cover valid filters, invalid JSON, and POST requests tunneled to GET.

Changes

Where filter decoding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared where decoder src/Routers/ClassesRouter.js	ClassesRouter.decodeWhere parses string body.where values in place and raises Parse.Error.INVALID_JSON for malformed JSON. ClassesRouter.handleFind uses the helper.
Router query integration and coverage src/Routers/AudiencesRouter.js, src/Routers/InstallationsRouter.js, spec/AudienceRouter.spec.js, spec/InstallationsRouter.spec.js	Audience and installation queries call the shared decoder. Tests cover filtered results, invalid JSON, URL-encoded filters, and _method=GET requests.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to ca75b

This localized routing fix is merge-ready after normal checks and review; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant QueryRouter
  participant ClassesRouter
  participant QueryService
  Client->>QueryRouter: POST with _method=GET and JSON-string where
  QueryRouter->>ClassesRouter: decodeWhere(body)
  ClassesRouter-->>QueryRouter: decoded where object
  QueryRouter->>QueryService: find with decoded criteria
  QueryService-->>Client: filtered results

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✅ Passed checks (6 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes decode string where values for installations and audiences, preserve INVALID_JSON behavior, and add tests for the linked issue objectives [#10626].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code and test changes are limited to shared where decoding and find handling for classes, installations, and audiences.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Security Check	✅ Passed	The diff only extracts existing JSON.parse(where) behavior and applies it to read-only find routes; auth, ACL, key validation, and query-complexity checks remain in the standard rest.find path.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes the required Pull Request, Issue, Approach, and Tasks sections and accurately explains the fix and tests.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title uses the required fix: prefix, capitalizes the first word, and accurately describes the installations and audiences query fix.

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Inline comments:
In `@spec/InstallationsRouter.spec.js`:
- Around line 273-285: Update the invalid-where test around
InstallationsRouter.handleFind to capture the thrown Parse.Error, then
explicitly assert that its code equals Parse.Error.INVALID_JSON while preserving
the existing message assertion.

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