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app/Http/Controllers/TagviewController.php

@@ -38,26 +38,33 @@ class TagviewController extends Controller
 
     public function tagview($tag, $id = null)
     {
-
-        if (is_null($tag)) {
-            return "penis";
-        }
-        // return $tag;
-        // $tag = 
-        $video = Video::getRandom($tag);
-        return $video;
-
-
-        //$video = Video::with('tags')->find($tag->id);
-        if(!$id) {
-            // id unset
-            return redirect('t/' . $tag . '/' . $video->id);
-        } else {
         
-            return view('tagviewdev',[
+        if (is_null($id)) {
+            // $x = Video::with('tags')->get();
+            // return $x;
+            $x = Video::orderByRaw("RAND()")->with('tags')->whereHas('tags', function ($query) use ($tag) {
+                $query->where('normalized', $tag);
+            })->first();
+            // $x = Video::orderByRaw("RAND()")->with('tags')->get()->first();
+            $responseArray = json_decode($x, true);
+            $normalizedTags = array_column($responseArray['tags'], 'normalized');
+            $variableToCompare = $tag;
+            if (in_array($variableToCompare, $normalizedTags)) {
+                // tag exists
+                return redirect('t/' . $tag . '/' . $x->id);
+            } else {
+                // tag does not exist on video
+                return 404;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // return $id;
+            $video = Video::where('id', $id)->with('tags')->get();
+            return view('tagviewdev', [
                 'video' => $video,
-                'related' => $video
+                'related' => $video,
+                'tag' => $tag
             ]);
+   
         }
     }