grocy/changelog/62_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md

⚠️ The following PHP extensions are now additionally required: json, intl, zlib

New feature: (Own) Product and stock entry labels/barcodes ("grocycode")

• Print own labels/barcodes for products and/or every stock entry and then scan that code on every place a product or stock entry can be selected
• Can be printed (or downloaded) via
  • The product edit page
  • The context/more menu per line on the stock overview and stock entries page
  • Automatically on purchase (new option on the purchase page, defaults can be configured per product)
• The used barcode type is DataMatrix
• Label printer functionality can be enabled via the new feature flag FEATURE_FLAG_LABELPRINTER (defaults to disabled)
• Label printer communication happens via WebHooks - see the new LABEL_PRINTER* config.php options
• Those grocycodes can also be used without a label printer - you can view or download the pictures and print them manually
• More information:
  • https://github.com/grocy/grocy/blob/master/docs/grocycode.md
  • https://github.com/grocy/grocy/blob/master/docs/label-printing.md
• (Thanks a lot @mistressofjellyfish)

New feature: Shopping list thermal printer support

• The shopping list can now be printed on a thermal printer
  • The printer must compatible to the ESC/POS protocol and needs to be locally attached or network reachable to/by the machine hosting grocy (so the server)
  • See the new TPRINTER* config.php options to configure the printer connection and other options
  • => New button on the shopping list print dialog
• Can be enabled via the new feature flag FEATURE_FLAG_THERMAL_PRINTER (defaults to disabled)
• (Thanks a lot @Forceu)

Stock improvements/fixes

• Product barcodes are now enforced to be unique across products
• Fixed that editing stock entries was not possible
• Fixed that consuming with Scan Mode was not possible
• Fixed that the current stock total value (header of the stock overview page) didn't include decimal amounts (thanks @Ape)
• Fixed that the transfer page was not fully populated when opening it from the stock entries page
• Fixed that undoing a consume/open action from the success notification on the stock entries page was not possible
• Fixed that adding a barcode to a product didn't save the selected quantity unit when the product only has a single one
• Fixed that the store information on a stock entry was lost when transferring a partial amount to a different location
• Fixed that the "Spoil rate" on the product card was wrong in some cases
• Fixed that the stock journal showed always the products default location (instead of the location of the transaction)

Shopping list improvements/fixes

• The amount now defaults to 1 for adding items quicker
• Fixed that shopping list prints had a grey background (thanks @Forceu)
• Fixed the form validation on the shopping list item page (thanks @Forceu)
• Fixed that when adding products to the shopping list from the stock overview page, the used quantity unit was always the products default purchase QU (and not the selected one)

Recipe improvements/fixes

• Recipe printing improvements (thanks @Ape)
• Calories are now always displayed per single serving (on the recipe and meal plan page)
• Fixed that "Only check if any amount is in stock" (recipe ingredient option) didn't work for stock amounts < 1
• Fixed that when adding missing items to the shopping list, on the popup deselected items got also added

Chores fixes

• Fixed that tracking chores with "Done by" a different user was not possible

Userfield fixes

• Fixed that numeric Userfields were initialised with 1.0
• Fixed that shortcuts (up/down key) and the format did not work correctly when using multiple date/time Userfields per object
• Fixed that Userfields were not saved when adding a product or a recipe (only on editing)

General & other improvements/fixes

• LDAP authentication improvements / OpenLDAP support (thanks @tank0226)
  • A read only service account can now be used for binding
  • The username attribute is now configurable
  • Filtering of accounts is now possible
  • => See the new config.php options
• Some night mode style improvements (thanks @BlizzWave and @KTibow)
• Help tooltips are now additionally also triggered by clicking on them (instead of only hovering them, which doesn't work on mobile / touch devices)
• The camera barcode scanner now also supports Code 39 barcodes (used for example in Germany on pharma products (PZN)) (thanks @andreheuer)
• Fixed that the number picker up/down buttons did not work when the input field was empty or contained an invalid number
• Fixed that links and embeds (e.g. YouTube videos) did not work in the text editor

API improvements/fixes

• Added a new API endpoint /system/localization-strings to get the localization strings (gettext JSON representation; in the by the user desired language)
• Fixed that due soon products with due_type = "Expiration date" were missing in due_products of the /stock/volatile endpoint
• Fixed that PUT/DELETE /objects/{entity}/{objectId} produced an internal server error when the given object id was invalid (now returns 400 Bad Request)