server/controllers/api/channel/availability/checkChannelAvailability.js

@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ const db = require('../../../../models');
 const checkChannelAvailability = (name) => {
   return db.Channel
     .findAll({
-      where: { channelName: name },
+      where: {
+        channelName: name,
+      },
     })
     .then(result => {
-      if (result.length >= 1) {
-        throw new Error('That channel has already been claimed');
-      }
-      return name;
+      return (result.length <= 0);
     })
     .catch(error => {
       throw error;

server/controllers/api/channel/availability/index.js

@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 const channelAvailability = ({ ip, originalUrl, params: { name } }, res) => {
   const gaStartTime = Date.now();
   checkChannelAvailability(name)
-    .then(availableName => {
-      res.status(200).json(availableName);
-      sendGATimingEvent('end-to-end', 'claim name availability', name, gaStartTime, Date.now());
+    .then(isAvailable => {
+      let responseObject = {
+        success: true,
+        data: isAvailable,
+      };
+      if (isAvailable) {
+        responseObject['message'] = `That channel name is available`
+      } else {
+        responseObject['message'] = `That channel is already in use`
+      }
+      res.status(200).json(responseObject);
+      sendGATimingEvent('end-to-end', 'channel name availability', name, gaStartTime, Date.now());
     })
     .catch(error => {
       handleErrorResponse(originalUrl, ip, error, res);

server/controllers/api/claim/availability/checkClaimAvailability.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const db = require('../../../../models/index');
+const db = require('../../../../models');
 const { publishing: { primaryClaimAddress, additionalClaimAddresses } } = require('../../../../../config/siteConfig.js');
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
 const Op = Sequelize.Op;

server/controllers/api/claim/availability/index.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const claimAvailability = ({ ip, originalUrl, params: { name } }, res) => {
       if (isAvailable) {
         responseObject['message'] = `That claim name is available`
       } else {
-        responseObject['message'] = `That name is already in use`
+        responseObject['message'] = `That url is already in use`
       }
       res.status(200).json(responseObject);
       sendGATimingEvent('end-to-end', 'claim name availability', name, gaStartTime, Date.now());