- Some small changes to showcase a bit of a cleaner API with some err…

src/APIService.ts

@@ -244,7 +244,12 @@ export const lookupTicker = async (
   }
 };
 
-export const buyAsset = async (symbol: string, shares: number, price:number) => {
+export type BuyAssetResponse = {
+  successful:boolean;
+  remainingCash?:number;
+}
+
+export const buyAsset = async (symbol: string, shares: number, price:number): Promise<BuyAssetResponse> => {
   // TODO: credentials not needed for stocklookup.remove
   const requestOptions = createRequestAuthorization();
 
@@ -265,13 +270,14 @@ export const buyAsset = async (symbol: string, shares: number, price:number) =>
   switch (response.status) {
     case 200: {
       const userResponseObj = await response.json();
-      return userResponseObj;
+      const cashRemainingAfterPurchase: number = userResponseObj.cash;
+      return {successful: true, remainingCash: cashRemainingAfterPurchase};
     }
 
     default:
       // 500 is possible for critical server erropr
-      console.log("unexpected getAssets response");
-      return false;
+      console.log("unexpected buyAsset response");
+      return { successful: false };
   }
 };
 

src/components/Buy.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ChangeEvent, useEffect, useState, useRef } from "react";
-import { buyAsset, getCash, getStockPrice, lookupTicker } from "../APIService";
+import { buyAsset, BuyAssetResponse, getCash, getStockPrice, lookupTicker } from "../APIService";
 import { formatCurrency } from "../Calculations";
 import { COMMISSION, StockPrices } from "../types";
 
@@ -110,19 +110,21 @@ export default function Buy() {
         ".";
       const isOK: boolean = window.confirm(msg);
       if (isOK) {
-        const response = await buyAsset(
+        buyAsset(
           typedSymbol,
           sharesToBuy,
           askPrice || 0
-        );
-        if (response) {
-          window.alert("Purchase confirmed. New cash is " + formatCurrency(response.cash))
-          window.location.assign("/positions")
-
-        } else {
-          window.alert("Purchase failed");
+        ).then((buyAssetResponse: BuyAssetResponse)=>{
+            const { successful, remainingCash } = buyAssetResponse
+            if(successful){
+                window.alert(`Purchase executed! You have ${remainingCash} remaining.`);
+            }
+        }, ()=>{
+            window.alert("Purchase was not executed due to critical server error");
+        });
         }
-      } else alert("Purchase cancelled");
+      } else{
+        window.alert("Purchase cancelled");
     }
   };