Fixed server startup issues, added Submission model, cleaned approval routes

server/Submission.js

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+
+const SubmissionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+  student: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User', required: true },
+  internshipRequest: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'InternshipRequest' },
+  status: { type: String, default: 'pending' },
+  submittedAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
+});
+
+module.exports = mongoose.model('Submission', SubmissionSchema);

server/models/Submission.js

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+
+const SubmissionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+  student: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User', required: true },
+  internshipRequest: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'InternshipRequest' },
+  status: { type: String, default: 'pending' },
+  submittedAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
+});
+
+module.exports = mongoose.model('Submission', SubmissionSchema);

server/routes/approvalRoutes.js

@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ const InternshipRequest = require("../models/InternshipRequest");
 
 // Supervisor APIs
 router.get("/supervisor/forms", isSupervisor, (req, res) => {
-    // const supervisorId = req.user._id,
     return getSupervisorForms(req, res, {
-        // supervisor_id: supervisorId,
         supervisor_status: { $in: ["pending"] },
-    })
+    });
 });
+
 // Approve route
 router.post("/supervisor/form/:type/:id/approve", isSupervisor, (req, res) =>
     handleSupervisorFormAction(req, res, "approve")
@@ -44,37 +43,6 @@ router.get("/coordinator/request/:id", isCoordinator, getCoordinatorRequestDetai
 router.post("/coordinator/request/:id/approve", isCoordinator, coordinatorApproveRequest);
 router.post("/coordinator/request/:id/reject", isCoordinator, coordinatorRejectRequest);
 
-const approveFormA3 = async (req, res) => {
-  const { formId } = req.params;
-
-  try {
-    //find the form by formId
-    const form = await Evaluation.findById(formId);
-
-    if (!form) {
-      return res.status(404).json({ message: "Form not found" });
-    }
-
-    //check if form is already locked
-    if (form.locked) {
-      return res.status(403).json({ message: "This form is locked and cannot be edited." });
-    }
-
-    //approve the form
-    form.status = "approved";
-
-    //lock the form after approval by coordinator
-    form.locked = true;
-
-    await form.save();
-
-    return res.status(200).json({ message: "Form A.3 approved and locked successfully!" });
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.error("Error approving form A.3:", err);
-    return res.status(500).json({ message: "Something went wrong" });
-  }
-};
-
 // NEW Coordinator API: Approve Form A.3
 router.post("/coordinator/form-a3/:formId/approve", isCoordinator, approveFormA3);
 
@@ -100,4 +68,4 @@ router.post("/form/:formId/approve", async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
-module.exports = router;
+module.exports = router;

server/services/insertData.js

@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@ async function insertFormData(formData) {
   try {
     console.log("Received Form Data:\n", JSON.stringify(formData, null, 2));
 
-    // Dynamically find the student based on email
     const student = await User.findOne({ email: formData.email });
 
     if (!student) {
       throw new Error("Student not found in users collection");
     }
 
     const formattedData = {
-      student: student._id,  // ✅ Real user's ID from database
+      student: student._id,
       workplace: {
         name: formData.workplaceName,
         website: formData.website,