bug: A user is able to send multiple relation requests to the same member

[yugantarjain]

Describe the bug
A user is able to send multiple relation requests to the same member. Ideally, if a request has already been sent to a member, the backend should return that as a message for a duplicate request to the same member.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Use send request API on the same user multiple times
2. See all of them succeeding (and also in sent relation requests)

Expected behavior
Ideally, if a request has already been sent to a member, the backend should return that as a message for a duplicate request to the same member.

Screenshots
Received multiple requests from the same user. Accepted one of them, and then cancelled. Old requests still stay. The complete UX flow can probably be fixed by doing a check for already sent requests and not allowing duplicate requests.

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: iPhone
• OS: iOS 13.6
• Discovered using Mentorship iOS app

[abhinav72610]

if this is open i would like to work on it

[vj-codes]

@yugantarjain @isabelcosta this issue is valid on swagger but this works perfectly fine on android apk .
A toast message as You have already sent a similar request to username appears and prevents user from sending multiple requests to same member.

[isabelcosta]

@vj-codes I did not remember that was done on Android 🤔
Do you happen to know how this being done on Android?

Also, I would argue the idea of people sending different mentorship requests, for example, I could propose to the same mentor, mentorship on public speaking, or mentorship on blogging 🤔

But I would like to know what could be a resolution for this.

cc @yugantarjain

[yugantarjain]

@vj-codes I did not remember that was done on Android 🤔
Do you happen to know how this being done on Android?

Also, I would argue the idea of people sending different mentorship requests, for example, I could propose to the same mentor, mentorship on public speaking, or mentorship on blogging 🤔

But I would like to know what could be a resolution for this.

cc @yugantarjain

I think duplicate requests shall not be allowed. To seek mentorship on different things from the same person, a user can say that in notes...

[ashokrayal]

Hi @yugantarjain, @vj-codes ,

Can I pick this one, if it still requires a fix on the backend?

[vj-codes]

@vj-codes I did not remember that was done on Android 🤔
Do you happen to know how this being done on Android?

Also, I would argue the idea of people sending different mentorship requests, for example, I could propose to the same mentor, mentorship on public speaking, or mentorship on blogging 🤔

But I would like to know what could be a resolution for this.

cc @yugantarjain

@isabelcosta request is prevented if end date is same , but if the date is updated as +- to previous request this issue occurs.
Even I would go for one request per user, maybe there can be tasks about diff topics like speaking and blogging in one

[decon-harsh]

@vj-codes so if you say i would like to fix this.

[vj-codes]

Assigning you @decon-harsh
Happy coding!