fix: geocoding and location updates for event editing through patch

app/pages/events/[id].vue

@@ -98,10 +98,20 @@ async function saveChanges() {
 
     // Update local event data
     event.value = { ...editForm.value }
+
+    //update map center if location changed
+    if (editForm.value.location.address !== event.value.location.address) {
+      center.value = [editForm.value.location.longitude, editForm.value.location.latitude]
+    }
+
     isEditMode.value = false
 
     console.log('✅ Event updated successfully')
   } catch (error) {
+    if(error.status === 500){
+      alert('Failed to geocode the provided location. Please check the address and try again.')
+      return
+    }
     console.error('❌ Error updating event:', error)
     alert('Error updating event. Please try again.')
   }

server/api/events/[id]/index.patch.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { error } from 'node:console'
 import prisma from '~~/server/utils/prisma'
 
 // Geocode location using Nominatim
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ async function geocodeLocation( location: string) {
 }
 
 
-
 export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
   const id = getRouterParam(event, 'id')
   const body = await readBody(event)
@@ -51,17 +51,20 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     //check if location has already been fetched
   const locationData = await prisma.location.findUnique({
     where: {
-      address: body.location || null
+      address: body.location.address || null
     },
     select: {
       latitude: true,
       longitude: true,
       address: true
     }
-  }) || await geocodeLocation(body.location)
+  }) || await geocodeLocation(body.location.address)
 
-  console.log('📍 Location data from DB:', locationData)
+  if (!locationData) {
+    throw createError({ statusCode: 500, message: 'Failed to retrieve or create location data' })
+  }
 
+  console.log('📍 Location data from DB:', locationData)
 
   if (!locationData) {
     throw createError({ 
@@ -84,21 +87,16 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     const updatedEvent = await prisma.event.update({
       where: { id },
       data: {
-        title: body.title,
-        shortDesc: body.shortDesc,
-        description: body.description,
+        ...body,
         location: {
           connectOrCreate: {
             where: {
-              address: body.location || null
+              address: body.location.address
             },
             create: locationData!
           }
         },
-        startTime: new Date(body.startTime),
-        endTime: new Date(body.endTime),
-        allowVolunteers: body.allowVolunteers,
-        allowAttendees: body.allowAttendees,
+
       },
       include: {
         eventAssets: true

server/api/events/index.post.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     })
   }
 
-
   try {
     // Create the event in the database
     const newEvent = await prisma.event.create({