From 700080f001dcbb3760ed0ed9d6054935398214fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yared Yemane <yaredyemane1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:45:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix duplicate subcategory error on quick path recreate

Make human-language quick path creation idempotent by reusing existing subcategories/courses when names already exist, avoiding unique-constraint failures.

Made-with: Cursor
---
 .../content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx  | 29 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx b/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx
index 37307d8..8af1f12 100644
--- a/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ export function HumanLanguagePage() {
       toast.error("Subcategory and course names are required")
       return
     }
+    const normalizedSubCategoryName = quickSubCategoryName.trim().toLowerCase()
+    const normalizedCourseName = quickCourseName.trim().toLowerCase()
     setQuickCreating(true)
     try {
       let effectiveCategoryId = categoryId
@@ -706,15 +708,32 @@ export function HumanLanguagePage() {
         throw new Error("Missing human language category id")
       }
 
-      const createdSubCategory = await createCourseCategory({
-        name: quickSubCategoryName.trim(),
-        parent_id: effectiveCategoryId,
-      })
-      const subCategoryId = createdSubCategory.data?.data?.id
+      const existingSubCategory = subCategories.find(
+        (sub) => sub.sub_category_name.trim().toLowerCase() === normalizedSubCategoryName,
+      )
+      const subCategoryId =
+        existingSubCategory?.sub_category_id ??
+        (
+          await createCourseCategory({
+            name: quickSubCategoryName.trim(),
+            parent_id: effectiveCategoryId,
+          })
+        ).data?.data?.id
       if (!subCategoryId) {
         throw new Error("Failed to create subcategory")
       }
 
+      const existingCourse = subCategories
+        .find((sub) => sub.sub_category_id === Number(subCategoryId))
+        ?.courses.find((course) => course.course_name.trim().toLowerCase() === normalizedCourseName)
+      if (existingCourse) {
+        toast.success("Path already exists; reused existing subcategory/course")
+        setQuickSubCategoryName("")
+        setQuickCourseName("")
+        await loadHierarchy()
+        return
+      }
+
       await createCourse({
         category_id: effectiveCategoryId,
         sub_category_id: Number(subCategoryId),