Accept email when it already exists (#151)

* Accept email when it already exists

* Accept email when it already exists

Author: Janaka-Steph

.gitignore

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ __pycache__/
 .idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
 .idea/**/dictionaries
 .idea/**/shelf
+.idea/copilot/
 
 # AWS User-specific
 .idea/**/aws.xml

backend/api/add-member.js

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
     return res.status(200).json(response.data);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("Ghost error", error.response.data.errors);
+    if (error.response.data.errors[0].context === 'Member already exists. Attempting to add member with existing email address') {
+      return res.status(200).json({});
+    }
     return res.status(500).json({ error: `${error.response.data.errors[0].message} Context: ${error.response.data.errors[0].context}` });
   }
 }