FIX: FetchOnScroll functionality on AllCategoriesPage - BUG: duplicate categories appear

frontend/src/hooks/fetchContentOnScroll.ts

@@ -2,20 +2,29 @@ import { useEffect } from "react";
 
 export function fetchContentOnScroll(callback: () => void, hasMoreData: boolean) {
   useEffect(() => {
+    const root = document.querySelector("#root") as HTMLElement;
+    
     const handleScroll = () => {
       if (!hasMoreData) return; // Don't trigger scroll if no more data
-      const scrollPosition = window.innerHeight + document.documentElement.scrollTop;
+      
-      const scrollHeight = document.documentElement.scrollHeight;
+      // Use properties of the element itself, not document
+      const scrollPosition = root.scrollTop + root.clientHeight;
+      const scrollHeight = root.scrollHeight;
 
       if (scrollPosition >= scrollHeight * 0.9) {
         callback(); // Trigger data fetching when 90% scroll is reached
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          // Delay to prevent multiple fetches
+          root.scrollTop = root.scrollTop - 1;
+        }, 100);
       }
     };
 
-    window.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
+    // Add scroll event listener to the root element
+    root.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
 
     return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll); // Cleanup on unmount
+      root.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll); // Cleanup on unmount
     };
   }, [callback, hasMoreData]);
 }

frontend/src/pages/AllCategoriesPage.tsx

@@ -1,99 +1,107 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState, useRef } from "react";
+import React, { useRef, useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import ListRow from "../components/Layout/ListRow";
 import DynamicPageContent from "../components/Layout/DynamicPageContent";
 import { fetchContentOnScroll } from "../hooks/fetchContentOnScroll";
 import LoadingScreen from "../components/Layout/LoadingScreen";
+import { CategoryType } from "../types/CategoryType";
 
-interface CategoryData {
-  type: "category";
-  id: number;
-  title: string;
-  viewers: number;
-  thumbnail: string;
-}
 const AllCategoriesPage: React.FC = () => {
-  const [categories, setCategories] = useState<CategoryData[]>([]);
   const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const [allCategories, setAllCategories] = useState<CategoryType[]>([]);
   const [categoryOffset, setCategoryOffset] = useState(0);
-  const [noCategories, setNoCategories] = useState(12);
   const [hasMoreData, setHasMoreData] = useState(true);
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
   const listRowRef = useRef<any>(null);
 
   const fetchCategories = async () => {
-    if (isLoading) return;
+    if (isLoading && categoryOffset > 0) return [];
     
     try {
+      console.log(`Fetching categories with offset: ${categoryOffset}`);
       const response = await fetch(
-        `/api/categories/popular/${noCategories}/${categoryOffset}`
+        `/api/categories/popular/12/${categoryOffset}`
       );
-      if (!response.ok) {
+      if (!response.ok) throw new Error("Failed to fetch categories");
-        throw new Error("Failed to fetch categories");
+
-      }
       const data = await response.json();
+      console.log("Categories fetched:", data.length);
 
       if (data.length === 0) {
         setHasMoreData(false);
         return [];
       }
 
-      setCategoryOffset((prev) => prev + data.length);
+      setCategoryOffset(categoryOffset + data.length);
 
-      const processedCategories = data.map((category: any) => ({
+      const newCategories = data.map((category: any) => ({
         type: "category" as const,
         id: category.category_id,
         title: category.category_name,
-        viewers: category.num_viewers,
+        viewers: category.num_viewers || 0,
         thumbnail: `/images/category_thumbnails/${category.category_name
           .toLowerCase()
           .replace(/ /g, "_")}.webp`,
       }));
 
-      setCategories((prev) => [...prev, ...processedCategories]);
+      return newCategories;
-      return processedCategories;
+    } catch (err) {
-    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error fetching categories:", err);
-      console.error("Error fetching categories:", error);
+      setHasMoreData(false);
       return [];
     } finally {
       setIsLoading(false);
     }
   };
 
+  // Initial load
   useEffect(() => {
-    fetchCategories();
+    const initialLoad = async () => {
+      const initialCategories = await fetchCategories();
+      setAllCategories(initialCategories);
+    };
+    
+    initialLoad();
   }, []);
 
-  const loadOnScroll = async () => {
+  const loadMoreCategories = async () => {
-    if (hasMoreData && listRowRef.current) {
+    if (!hasMoreData || (isLoading && categoryOffset > 0)) return;
-      const newCategories = await fetchCategories();
+    
-      if (newCategories?.length > 0) {
+    const newCategories = await fetchCategories();
+    if (newCategories.length > 0) {
+      setAllCategories(prev => [...prev, ...newCategories]);
+      if (listRowRef.current && listRowRef.current.addMoreItems) {
         listRowRef.current.addMoreItems(newCategories);
       }
     }
   };
 
-  fetchContentOnScroll(loadOnScroll, hasMoreData);
+  // Set up infinite scroll
-
+  fetchContentOnScroll(loadMoreCategories, hasMoreData);
-  if (hasMoreData && !categories.length) return <LoadingScreen />;
 
   const handleCategoryClick = (categoryName: string) => {
-    console.log(categoryName);
     navigate(`/category/${categoryName}`);
   };
 
+  if (isLoading && allCategories.length === 0) return <LoadingScreen />;
+
   return (
     <DynamicPageContent className="min-h-screen">
       <ListRow
         ref={listRowRef}
         type="category"
         title="All Categories"
-        items={categories}
+        items={allCategories}
         onItemClick={handleCategoryClick}
         extraClasses="bg-[var(--recommend)] text-center"
         itemExtraClasses="w-[20vw]"
         wrap={true}
       />
+      {!hasMoreData && allCategories.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="text-center text-gray-500 p-4">
+          No more categories to load
+        </div>
+      )}
     </DynamicPageContent>
   );
 };