From b783e399b916fa7dd76ec384964882fcd547423a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matty <matty@nicecrew.digital>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:03:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] create API flow

---
 actions.ts | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/actions.ts b/actions.ts
index 2f0f412..146d184 100644
--- a/actions.ts
+++ b/actions.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,55 @@
 "use server";
 
-import { APIResult, GCIAPIResult } from "./types";
-
-const feelingFree = async (query: string): Promise<APIResult> => {
-  console.log(query);
+const getRandomResultFromGCI = async (
+  query: string,
+): Promise<APIResult<string>> => {
   try {
+    if (!query) {
+      return { error: true, errorMessage: "You must provide a search query." };
+    }
     const response = await fetch(
-      `https://guncadindex.com/api/releases/?${query}`,
+      `https://guncadindex.com/api/releases/?query=${query}`,
     );
     if (!response.ok) {
       console.error(response.status);
-      return { error: true, payload: "Something went wrong." };
+      return { error: true, errorMessage: "Something went wrong." };
     }
     const { results }: GCIAPIResult = await response.json();
-    const randomResult = results[Math.round(Math.random() * results.length)];
-    const slug = randomResult.url.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop();
-    if (!slug) {
-      return { error: true, payload: "Could not retrieve results." };
+    // handle no results found for dumb queries
+    if (!results || results.length === 0) {
+      return {
+        error: false,
+        payload: `https://guncadindex.com/search?query=${query}`,
+      };
     }
-    console.log(slug);
-    return { payload: `https://guncadindex.com/detail/${slug}` };
+    // select a random result from the API
+    const randomResult = results[Math.floor(Math.random() * results.length)];
+    const slug = randomResult.url.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop();
+    // handle edge case
+    if (!slug) {
+      return { error: true, errorMessage: "Could not retrieve results." };
+    }
+    return { error: false, payload: `https://guncadindex.com/detail/${slug}` };
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof Error) {
-      return { error: true, payload: error.message };
+      console.error(error.message);
     }
-    return { error: true, payload: "Something went wrong." };
+    return { error: true, errorMessage: "Something went wrong." };
   }
 };
 
-export { feelingFree };
+const lmgcitfy = async (query: string): Promise<APIResult<string>> => {
+  if (!query) {
+    return { error: true, errorMessage: "You must provide a search query." };
+  }
+
+  const searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
+
+  searchParams.append("query", query);
+
+  const redirectURL = `https://guncadindex.com/search?${searchParams}`;
+
+  return { error: false, payload: redirectURL };
+};
+
+export { getRandomResultFromGCI, lmgcitfy };