URGENT fix: update response status for existing user registration and adjust form submission handling

Author: saharsh-agrawal

app/api/register/route.js

@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ export async function GET(req) {
 		setSessionCookie(sessionToken);
 		return NextResponse.json(
 			{ message: "User already registered!" },
-			{ status: 400 }
+			{ status: 201 }
 		);
 	}
-	return NextResponse.json({ message: "User not found!" }, { status: 200 });
+	return NextResponse.json(
+		{ message: "No Existing User found!" },
+		{ status: 200 }
+	);
 }
 
 export async function POST(req) {

app/register/RegForm.jsx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default function RegForm({ email, instituteCode, redirectUrl = "/" }) {
 			setIsSubmitting(true);
 			try {
 				const res = await fetch("/api/register?email=" + email);
-				if (!res.ok) {
+				if (res.status === 201) {
 					router.push(redirectUrl);
 					return;
 				}