From 62f2dbff4a5bec599a5a4e90305b029a1b48180e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ubuntu <ubuntu@spurrinai-backend.blr.cloudtopiaa.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 17:56:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] popular topics, redundancy filter

---
 src/controllers/appUserController.js | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/appUserController.js b/src/controllers/appUserController.js
index 3b1d86f..10001c3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/appUserController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/appUserController.js
@@ -1627,8 +1627,19 @@ const getMappedPopularQuestionsAnswers = async (hospitalCode) => {
       return { message: "No interactions made in your hospital" };
     }
 
-    // Return only the top 4 filtered results
-    return filteredRows.slice(0, 4);
+    // Remove duplicate questions by keeping only the first occurrence of each unique query
+    const uniqueQuestions = [];
+    const seenQueries = new Set();
+    
+    for (const row of filteredRows) {
+      if (!seenQueries.has(row.query.toLowerCase().trim())) {
+        seenQueries.add(row.query.toLowerCase().trim());
+        uniqueQuestions.push(row);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Return only the top 4 unique filtered results
+    return uniqueQuestions.slice(0, 4);
 
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("Error fetching popular topics:", error.message);