pg-promise update where in custom array - postgresql

Question

How can the following postgresql query be written using the npm pg-promise package?
update schedule
set student_id = 'a1ef71bc6d02124977d4'
where teacher_id = '6b33092f503a3ddcc34' and (start_day_of_week, start_time) in (VALUES ('M', (cast('17:00:00' as time))), ('T', (cast('19:00:00' as time))));
I didn't see anything in the formatter namespace that can help accomplish this. https://vitaly-t.github.io/pg-promise/formatting.html
I cannot inject the 'cast' piece into the '17:00:00' value without it being considered part of the time string itself.
The first piece of the query is easy. It's the part after VALUES that i can't figure out.
First piece:
var query = `update schedule
set student_id = $1
where teacher_id = $2 and (start_day_of_week, start_time) in (VALUES $3)`;
var inserts = [studentId, teacherId, values];
I'm using this messiness right now for $3 (not working yet), but it completely bypasses all escaping/security built into pg-promise:
const buildPreparedParams = function(arr, colNames){
let newArr = [];
let rowNumber = 0
arr.forEach((row) => {
const rowVal = (rowNumber > 0 ? ', ' : '') +
`('${row.startDayOfWeek}', (cast('${row.startTime}' as time)))`;
newArr.push(rowVal);
});
return newArr;
};
The structure I am trying to convert into this sql query is:
[{
"startTime":"17:00:00",
"startDayOfWeek":"U"
},
{
"startTime":"16:00:00",
"startDayOfWeek":"T"
}]

Answer 1

Use CSV Filter for the last part: IN (VALUES $3:csv).
And to make each item in the array format itself correctly, apply Custom Type Formatting:
const data = [{
startTime: '17:00:00',
startDayOfWeek: 'U'
},
{
startTime: '16:00:00',
startDayOfWeek: 'T'
}];
const values = data.map(d => ({
toPostgres: () => pgp.as.format('(${startDayOfWeek},(cast(${startTime} as time))', d),
rawType: true
}));
Now passing in values for $3:csv will format your values correctly:
('U',(cast('17:00:00' as time)),('T',(cast('16:00:00' as time))