From 94b5365a1cbc91a0d6a9520fd3c9dd73f029a241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxwell Jeffress <maxwelljeffress@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:24:50 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] likes!

---
 server/src/db.cpp   | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 server/src/main.cpp | 14 ++++++++------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/db.cpp b/server/src/db.cpp
index b4566bf..a6bee59 100644
--- a/server/src/db.cpp
+++ b/server/src/db.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Database::Database(const std::string& path) {
             userid INTEGER NOT NULL,
             content TEXT NOT NULL,
             timestamp INTEGER NOT NULL,
-            likes INTEGER
+            likes INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
         );
     )";
 
@@ -158,16 +158,23 @@ void Database::addLike(uint64_t postId, uint64_t userId) {
     std::stringstream sql;
     sql << R"(
         UPDATE posts 
-        SET likes = likes + 1
+        SET likes = COALESCE(likes, 0) + 1
         WHERE id =
     )";
     sql << postId << ";";
     std::string sqlstr = sql.str();
 
-    char* errmsg = nullptr;
-    if (sqlite3_exec(db, sqlstr.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, &errmsg) != SQLITE_OK) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("sqlite3 error: " + std::string(errmsg));
+    sqlite3_stmt* stmt;
+    if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sqlstr.c_str(), -1, &stmt, nullptr) != SQLITE_OK) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("sqlite3 error: " + std::string(sqlite3_errmsg(db)));
     }
+
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmt) != SQLITE_DONE) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("sqlite3 error: " + std::string(sqlite3_errmsg(db)));
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/server/src/main.cpp b/server/src/main.cpp
index 85d8667..36c686e 100644
--- a/server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/server/src/main.cpp
@@ -104,17 +104,19 @@ int main() {
     });
 
     svr.Post("/like", [&database, &data_mutex](const httplib::Request& request, httplib::Response& response) {
-        std::string username = request.get_param_value("username");
-        std::string password = request.get_param_value("password");
-        std::string post = request.get_param_value("post");
-        
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(data_mutex);
-
         try {
+            std::string username = request.form.get_field("username");
+            std::string password = request.form.get_field("password");
+            std::string post = request.form.get_field("post");
+            
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(data_mutex);
+
             uint64_t postNum = std::stoull(post);
             database.addLike(postNum, 0);
         } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
             response.set_content("<p>there was an error :( it is: " + std::string(e.what()) + "</p>", "text/html");
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            response.set_content("<p>there was an error :( it is: " + std::string(e.what()) + "</p>", "text/html");
         }
     });