From 054857f51d1397d1122219e407a25c18472733f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akash Keshav <112591754+domesticchores@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:56 -0400
Subject: add alert on duplicate entry

---
 .../app/components/need-list/need-list.component.ts  | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ufund-ui/src/app/components/need-list/need-list.component.ts b/ufund-ui/src/app/components/need-list/need-list.component.ts
index 2764c7e..25f05d6 100644
--- a/ufund-ui/src/app/components/need-list/need-list.component.ts
+++ b/ufund-ui/src/app/components/need-list/need-list.component.ts
@@ -109,14 +109,18 @@ export class NeedListComponent {
     const currentUser = this.usersService.getCurrentUser();
     //console.log("get current user in angular:", currentUser)
     if (currentUser) {
-      currentUser.basket.push(need.id);
-      //console.log("pushed to basket: " + currentUser.basket)
-      this.usersService.updateUser(currentUser).subscribe(() => {
-        this.usersService.refreshBasket();
-        error: (err: any) => {
-          console.error(err);
-        }
-      });
+      if (!currentUser.basket.includes(need.id)) {
+        currentUser.basket.push(need.id);
+        this.usersService.updateUser(currentUser).subscribe(() => {
+          this.usersService.refreshBasket();
+          error: (err: any) => {
+            console.error(err);
+          }
+        });
+      } else {
+        window.alert("This need is already in your basket!")
+      }
+      
 
     }
 
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