adding retrieveEntities module

Author: AleksandrRogov

src/dynamics-web-api.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
     fetchXmlAll,
     retrieve,
     retrieveAll,
+    retrieveEntities,
     retrieveEntity,
     retrieveMultiple,
     update,
@@ -268,14 +269,7 @@ export class DynamicsWebApi {
      * @param request - An object that represents all possible options for a current request.
      * @returns {Promise} D365 Web Api Response
      */
-    retrieveEntities = <T = any>(request?: RetrieveEntitiesRequest): Promise<RetrieveMultipleResponse<T>> => {
-        const internalRequest: InternalRequest = !request ? {} : copyRequest(request);
-
-        internalRequest.collection = "EntityDefinitions";
-        internalRequest.functionName = "retrieveEntities";
-
-        return this.retrieveMultiple(<RetrieveMultipleRequest>internalRequest);
-    };
+    retrieveEntities = <T = any>(request?: RetrieveEntitiesRequest): Promise<RetrieveMultipleResponse<T>> => retrieveEntities(this.#client, request);
 
     /**
      * Sends an asynchronous request to create an attribute.

src/requests/index.ts

@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ export * from "./downloadFile";
 //metadata requests
 export * from "./metadata/createEntity";
 export * from "./metadata/updateEntity";
-export * from "./metadata/retrieveEntity";
+export * from "./metadata/retrieveEntity";
+export * from "./metadata/retrieveEntities";

src/requests/metadata/retrieveEntities.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { IDataverseClient } from "../../client/dataverse";
+import type { RetrieveEntitiesRequest, RetrieveMultipleResponse, RetrieveMultipleRequest } from "../../dynamics-web-api";
+import type { InternalRequest } from "../../types";
+import { copyRequest } from "../../utils/Utility";
+import { retrieveMultiple } from "../retrieveMultiple";
+
+const FUNCTION_NAME = "retrieveEntities";
+
+export const retrieveEntities = <T = any>(client: IDataverseClient, request?: RetrieveEntitiesRequest): Promise<RetrieveMultipleResponse<T>> => {
+    const internalRequest: InternalRequest = !request ? {} : copyRequest(request);
+
+    internalRequest.collection = "EntityDefinitions";
+    internalRequest.functionName = FUNCTION_NAME;
+
+    return retrieveMultiple(<RetrieveMultipleRequest>internalRequest, client);
+};

src/requests/update.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const update = async <TData = any>(request: UpdateRequest<TData>, client:
     } catch (error: any) {
         if (ifmatch && error.status === 412) {
             //precondition failed - not updated
-            return <any>false; //todo: check this
+            return false as any; //todo: check this
         }
         //rethrow error otherwise
         throw error;