some tweaking here and there

routes/posts.js

@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ router.get('/:id', async (req, res) => {
 
         if(!id) return res.status(400).json({error: "Missing id"});
 
-        const post = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM posts WHERE id = "${id}"`);
+        const post = await db.query(`SELECT author, category, comments, content, date, count(likes) as likes, count(saves) as saves, title, viewcount FROM posts WHERE id = "${id}"`);
 
         if(post.length == 0) return res.status(400).json({error: "Post does not exist"});
         else {
-            const viewPost = await db.query(`UPDATE posts SET viewcount += 1 WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
+            ///select all comments from their ids
+            let temp = [];
+            for(const commentId of post[0].comments){
+                const comment = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM comments WHERE id = "${commentId}"`);
+                temp.push(comment[0]);
+            }
+            //remove all comments from post.comments and replace it with temp
+            post[0].comments = temp;
+
+            // const viewPost = await db.query(`UPDATE posts SET viewcount += .5 WHERE id = "${id}"`); //nextjs sends each request twice, so this is a workaround needs fix
         }
 
         res.status(200).json({post});
@@ -31,21 +40,24 @@ router.post('/like/:postId',auth, async (req, res) => {
     if(!postId) return res.status(400).json({error: "Missing postId"});
 
     const postData = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM posts WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
+    let totalLikes = postData[0].likes.length;
 
     //check if user already liked post
     for(let i = 0; i < postData[0].likes.length; i++){
         if(postData[0].likes[i] === username){
             const post = await db.query(`UPDATE posts SET likes -= "${username}" WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
             const user = await db.query(`UPDATE users SET likedPosts -= "${req.params.postId}" WHERE username = string::lowercase("${username}")`);
+            totalLikes -= 1;
 
-            return res.status(200).json({message: "Post unliked"});
+            return res.status(200).json({likes: totalLikes});
         }
     }
 
     const post = await db.query(`UPDATE posts SET likes += "${username}" WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
     const user = await db.query(`UPDATE users SET likedPosts += "${req.params.postId}" WHERE username = string::lowercase("${username}")`);
+    totalLikes += 1;
 
-    res.status(200).json({message: "Post liked"});
+    return res.status(200).json({likes: totalLikes});
 });
 
 router.post('/comment/:postId',auth, async (req, res) => {
@@ -130,21 +142,24 @@ router.post('/save/:postId',auth, async (req, res) => {
     if(!postId) return res.status(400).json({error: "Missing postId"});
 
     const postData = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM posts WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
+    let totalSaves = postData[0].saves.length;
 
     //check if user already saved post
     for(let i = 0; i < postData[0].saves.length; i++){
         if(postData[0].saves[i] === username){
             const post = await db.query(`UPDATE posts SET saves -= "${username}" WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
             const user = await db.query(`UPDATE users SET savedPosts -= "${req.params.postId}" WHERE username = string::lowercase("${username}")`);
+            totalSaves -= 1;
 
-            return res.status(200).json({message: "Post unsaved"});
+            return res.status(200).json({saves: totalSaves});
         }
     }
 
     const post = await db.query(`UPDATE posts SET saves += "${username}" WHERE id = "${postId}"`);
     const user = await db.query(`UPDATE users SET savedPosts += "${req.params.postId}" WHERE username = string::lowercase("${username}")`);
+    totalSaves += 1;
 
-    res.status(200).json({message: "Post saved"});
+    res.status(200).json({saves: totalSaves});
 });
 
 router.post('/save/:postId/:commentId',auth, async (req, res) => {