Bug fix for activating plugins via UI (#9338)

src/frontend/src/tables/plugin/PluginListTable.tsx

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export default function PluginListTable() {
     pathParams: { key: selectedPluginKey },
     preFormContent: activateModalContent,
     fetchInitialData: false,
-    method: 'POST',
+    method: 'PATCH',
     successMessage: activate
       ? t`The plugin was activated`
       : t`The plugin was deactivated`,

src/frontend/tests/pui_plugins.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import test from 'playwright/test';
 
-import { clearTableFilters, loadTab, navigate } from './helpers.js';
+import {
+  clearTableFilters,
+  clickOnRowMenu,
+  loadTab,
+  navigate
+} from './helpers.js';
 import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
 import { setPluginState, setSettingState } from './settings.js';
 
@@ -51,6 +56,29 @@ test('Plugins - Settings', async ({ page, request }) => {
   await page.getByText('Mouser Electronics').click();
 });
 
+// Test base plugin functionality
+test('Plugins - Functionality', async ({ page, request }) => {
+  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+
+  // Navigate and select the plugin
+  await navigate(page, 'settings/admin/plugin/');
+  await clearTableFilters(page);
+  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search').fill('sample');
+
+  // Activate the plugin
+  const cell = await page.getByText('Sample API Caller', { exact: true });
+  await clickOnRowMenu(cell);
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Activate' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
+  await page.getByText('The plugin was activated').waitFor();
+
+  // Deactivate the plugin again
+  await clickOnRowMenu(cell);
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Deactivate' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
+  await page.getByText('The plugin was deactivated').waitFor();
+});
+
 test('Plugins - Panels', async ({ page, request }) => {
   await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');