Adding a pending flag and cancellation endpoint

Author: sembcorpp

backend/matching/src/controllers/cancel-request.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const cancelMatchRequestController = async (req: Request, res: Response)
     }
 
     const pendingStatus = await redisClient.hGet(`match:${userId}`, 'pending');
-    console.log(pendingStatus);
+    console.log('this is pendingStatus ${pendingStatus}');
     const data = await redisClient.hGetAll(`match:${userId}`);
     console.log(`Data stored in Redis for user ${userId}:`, data);
 

backend/matching/src/workers/matcher.ts

@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ async function match() {
       if (!hasDifficultyMatch) {
         // To allow cancellation
         sendNotif([requestorSocketPort], MATCHING_EVENT.PENDING);
+
+        const setPendingToTrue = async (userId: string) => {
+          await redisClient.hSet(`match:${userId}`, 'pending', 'true');
+          console.log(`User ${userId} is now in PENDING state, pending set to true.`);
+        };
+
+        await setPendingToTrue(requestorUserId);
       }
     }
   }