feat: bring back categories endpoint with no pagination

now it requires authorization

Controllers/CategoryController.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class CategoryController : ControllerBase
         guhf = GUHF;
     }
 
-    // GET /api/v1/categories
+    // GET /api/v1/categories/page/1
     /// <summary>
     /// Get a category page
     /// </summary>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class CategoryController : ControllerBase
     /// <response code="404">Returned when requested page is invalid (page_no &lt;= 0)</response>
     [HttpGet("page/{page_no}")]
     [EnableCors]
-    [ProducesResponseType(typeof(CategoryShortDTO), 200)]
+    [ProducesResponseType(typeof(List<CategoryShortDTO>), 200)]
     [ProducesResponseType(typeof(ErrorDTO), 404)]
     public async Task<IActionResult> GetCategoryPage(int page_no = 1)
     {
@@ -78,6 +78,47 @@ public class CategoryController : ControllerBase
 
     }
 
+    // GET /api/v1/categories
+    /// <summary>
+    /// [AUTHED] Get every category
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Can (and will) return an empty list if no categories are found in DB. <br/>
+    /// Unlike GET /api/v1/categories/page/..., requires authorization with a JWT.
+    /// Has CORS set.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <response code="200">Returned on valid request</response>
+    // /// <response code="404">Returned when there are no categories to list</response>
+    [HttpGet]
+    [Authorize]
+    [EnableCors]
+    [ProducesResponseType(typeof(List<CategoryShortDTO>), 200)]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetQuotePage()
+    {
+        // The following seems to be a bad idea, so I leave it as is. ~eee4
+        // 
+        // int totalCategories = await _db.Categories.CountAsync();
+        // 
+        // if (totalCategories <= 0)
+        // {
+        //     return NotFound(new ErrorDTO { Status = "error", Error_msg = "No categories to list" });
+        // }
+
+        // Get all the categories
+        List<Category> categories = await _db.Categories
+                                            .ToListAsync();
+
+        // Convert them to a list of DTO
+        List<CategoryShortDTO> result = categories
+                                            .Select(c => c.ToCategoryShortDTO())
+                                            .ToList();
+
+        // Return to user
+        return Ok(result);
+
+    }
+
+
     // POST /api/v1/categories
     /// <summary>
     /// [AUTHED] Create a new category