From 7440ab115f13b76765cf9bc4f758e4d2386cd4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elit04 <elit04@fu-berlin.de>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 06:40:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] check for boattype duplicates

---
 server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts b/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts
index d589a24..a139d9f 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts
+++ b/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ const createBoatTypeController = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 
     const newBoatTypeInput = req.body;
 
+    //check if BoatType already exists in DB to avoid duplicates
+    const findIfBoatTypeExists = await BoatType.findOne({
+      where: { name: newBoatTypeInput.name },
+    });
+
+    if (findIfBoatTypeExists) {
+      return res
+        .status(404)
+        .json({ success: false, error: "boatTypeAlreadyExists" });
+    }
+
     const newBoatType = await BoatType.create(newBoatTypeInput);
 
     if (newBoatType) {
-- 
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