From b6f7fa42ea803e0b7463ec209a88c79c2efac857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: huijieliu8 <91745551+metaphor987@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:46:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: get categories

---
 src/controllers/jobsController.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 src/routes/jobsRouter.js          |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/jobsController.js b/src/controllers/jobsController.js
index f782e0eeb..65cfeafdc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/jobsController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/jobsController.js
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ const getJobById = async (req, res) => {
 
 // Controller to create a new job
 const createJob = async (req, res) => {
-  const { title, category, description, imageUrl, location, applyLink, jobDetailsLink } =
-    req.body;
+  const { title, category, description, imageUrl, location, applyLink, jobDetailsLink } = req.body;
 
   try {
     const newJob = new Job({
@@ -107,6 +106,20 @@ const deleteJob = async (req, res) => {
   }
 };
 
+const getCategories = async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const categories = await Job.distinct('category', {});
+
+    // Sort categories alphabetically
+    categories.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
+
+    res.status(200).json({ categories });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error fetching categories:', error);
+    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Failed to fetch categories' });
+  }
+};
+
 // Export controllers as a plain object
 module.exports = {
   getJobs,
@@ -114,4 +127,5 @@ module.exports = {
   createJob,
   updateJob,
   deleteJob,
+  getCategories,
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/jobsRouter.js b/src/routes/jobsRouter.js
index 6dfa69a85..5b66735a6 100644
--- a/src/routes/jobsRouter.js
+++ b/src/routes/jobsRouter.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 
 // Define routes
 router.get('/', jobsController.getJobs);
+router.get('/categories', jobsController.getCategories);
 router.get('/:id', jobsController.getJobById);
 router.post('/', jobsController.createJob);
 router.put('/:id', jobsController.updateJob);