From 39f349b2480691bdbc4965ababfddb6274d20856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ibrahim Suleiman <suleimanonnet@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:09:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update user entity and add check to user service

---
 src/user/entities/user.entity.ts |  5 ++++-
 src/user/user.service.ts         | 15 ++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/user/entities/user.entity.ts b/src/user/entities/user.entity.ts
index 2bfdb3c..bff6ab5 100644
--- a/src/user/entities/user.entity.ts
+++ b/src/user/entities/user.entity.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class User {
   @Column({ nullable: true, default: null })
   other_names: string;
 
-  @Column()
+  @Column({ unique: true })
   email: string;
 
   @Column()
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export class User {
   @Column({ default: 1 })
   auth_token_version: number;
 
+  @Column({ default: false })
+  has_verified_email: boolean;
+
   @CreateDateColumn()
   created_at: Date;
 }
diff --git a/src/user/user.service.ts b/src/user/user.service.ts
index 730eaaf..bdd6682 100644
--- a/src/user/user.service.ts
+++ b/src/user/user.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { BadRequestException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  BadRequestException,
+  Injectable,
+  UnprocessableEntityException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
 import { CreateUserDto } from './dto/create-user.dto';
 import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { User } from './entities/user.entity';
@@ -27,7 +31,13 @@ export class UserService {
     user.email = data.email;
     user.password_hash = await hashString(data.password);
 
-    await this.userRepository.save(user);
+    const saved = await this.userRepository.save(user);
+
+    if (!saved) {
+      throw new UnprocessableEntityException(
+        'failed to add user. please try again.',
+      );
+    }
 
     return {
       message: 'success',
@@ -38,5 +48,4 @@ export class UserService {
       },
     };
   }
-
 }