Remove links from default include list

CHANGES.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 * Updated CI to test against [pgstac v0.6.12](https://github.com/stac-utils/pgstac/releases/tag/v0.6.12) ([#511](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/511))
 * Reworked `update_openapi` and added a test for it ([#523](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/523))
 * Limit values above 10,000 are now replaced with 10,000 instead of returning a 400 error ([#526](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/526))
+* Links are no longer part of the default include list ([#524](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/524))
 
 ### Removed
 

stac_fastapi/extensions/stac_fastapi/extensions/core/fields/fields.py

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class FieldsExtension(ApiExtension):
             "stac_version",
             "geometry",
             "bbox",
-            "links",
             "assets",
             "properties.datetime",
             "collection",

stac_fastapi/pgstac/stac_fastapi/pgstac/core.py

@@ -190,29 +190,48 @@ async def _search_base(
         if include and len(include) == 0:
             include = None
 
-        async def _add_item_links(
+        features = collection.get("features", [])
+        if (
+            include
+            and features
+            and not (
+                set(include)
+                & set(f"properties.{p}" for p in features[0].get("properties", []))
+            )
+        ):
+            # If the `include` list is only non-existent fields, keep links
+            exclude_links = False
+        else:
+            exclude_links = (
+                search_request.fields.exclude
+                and "links" in search_request.fields.exclude
+            ) or (
+                search_request.fields.include
+                and "links" not in search_request.fields.include
+            )
+
+        async def _update_item_links(
             feature: Item,
             collection_id: Optional[str] = None,
             item_id: Optional[str] = None,
         ) -> None:
-            """Add ItemLinks to the Item.
+            """Update this item's links.
 
-            If the fields extension is excluding links, then don't add them.
-            Also skip links if the item doesn't provide collection and item ids.
+            If the fields extension is excluding links, or including other
+            fields but _not_ links, then remove all links.
+            Also skip adding links if the item doesn't provide collection and item ids.
             """
             collection_id = feature.get("collection") or collection_id
             item_id = feature.get("id") or item_id
 
-            if (
-                search_request.fields.exclude is None
-                or "links" not in search_request.fields.exclude
-                and all([collection_id, item_id])
-            ):
+            if not exclude_links and all([collection_id, item_id]):
                 feature["links"] = await ItemLinks(
                     collection_id=collection_id,
                     item_id=item_id,
                     request=request,
                 ).get_links(extra_links=feature.get("links"))
+            elif exclude_links and "links" in feature:
+                del feature["links"]
 
         cleaned_features: List[Item] = []
 
@@ -234,12 +253,12 @@ async def _get_base_item(collection_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
                 item_id = feature.get("id")
 
                 feature = filter_fields(feature, include, exclude)
-                await _add_item_links(feature, collection_id, item_id)
+                await _update_item_links(feature, collection_id, item_id)
 
                 cleaned_features.append(feature)
         else:
             for feature in collection.get("features") or []:
-                await _add_item_links(feature)
+                await _update_item_links(feature)
                 cleaned_features.append(feature)
 
         collection["features"] = cleaned_features

stac_fastapi/pgstac/tests/resources/test_item.py

@@ -1200,11 +1200,22 @@ async def test_field_extension_exclude_links(
     assert "links" not in resp_json["features"][0]
 
 
+async def test_field_extension_include_but_not_links(
+    app_client, load_test_item, load_test_collection
+):
+    # https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/issues/395
+    body = {"fields": {"include": ["properties.eo:cloud_cover"]}}
+    resp = await app_client.post("/search", json=body)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    resp_json = resp.json()
+    assert "links" not in resp_json["features"][0]
+
+
 async def test_field_extension_include_only_non_existant_field(
     app_client, load_test_item, load_test_collection
 ):
-    """Including only a non-existant field should return the full item"""
-    body = {"fields": {"include": ["non_existant_field"]}}
+    """Including only a non-existent field should return the full item"""
+    body = {"fields": {"include": ["non_existent_field"]}}
 
     resp = await app_client.post("/search", json=body)
     assert resp.status_code == 200

stac_fastapi/sqlalchemy/stac_fastapi/sqlalchemy/core.py

@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ def post_search(
                 )
 
             # Use pydantic includes/excludes syntax to implement fields extension
-            if self.extension_is_enabled("FieldsExtension"):
+            if self.extension_is_enabled("FieldsExtension") and (
+                search_request.fields.include or search_request.fields.exclude
+            ):
                 if search_request.query is not None:
                     query_include: Set[str] = set(
                         [

stac_fastapi/sqlalchemy/tests/api/test_api.py

@@ -142,7 +142,13 @@ def test_app_fields_extension(load_test_data, app_client, postgres_transactions)
         item["collection"], item, request=MockStarletteRequest
     )
 
-    resp = app_client.get("/search", params={"collections": ["test-collection"]})
+    resp = app_client.post(
+        "/search",
+        json={
+            "collections": ["test-collection"],
+            "fields": {"include": ["datetime"]},
+        },
+    )
     assert resp.status_code == 200
     resp_json = resp.json()
     assert list(resp_json["features"][0]["properties"]) == ["datetime"]

stac_fastapi/sqlalchemy/tests/resources/test_item.py

@@ -879,6 +879,20 @@ def test_field_extension_exclude_default_includes(app_client, load_test_data):
     assert "geometry" not in resp_json["features"][0]
 
 
+def test_field_extension_include_but_not_links(app_client, load_test_data):
+    # https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/issues/395
+    test_item = load_test_data("test_item.json")
+    resp = app_client.post(
+        f"/collections/{test_item['collection']}/items", json=test_item
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    body = {"fields": {"include": ["properties.eo:cloud_cover"]}}
+    resp = app_client.post("/search", json=body)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    resp_json = resp.json()
+    assert "links" not in resp_json["features"][0]
+
+
 def test_search_intersects_and_bbox(app_client):
     """Test POST search intersects and bbox are mutually exclusive (core)"""
     bbox = [-118, 34, -117, 35]