#627 - For when the skill does not come from EMSI, the skill id is the external id. So we verify for its existence through skill id too once before deciding to create it agian

Author: callmekatootie

client/src/components/ProfileCard/helper.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { getSingleOrg } from "../../services/user-org";
  * @param {String} skillExternalId The skill external id
  */
 async function checkIfSkillExists(apiClient, skillProviderId, skillExternalId) {
-  const url = `${config.API_URL}/skills?skillProviderId=${skillProviderId}&externalId=${skillExternalId}`;
+  let url = `${config.API_URL}/skills?skillProviderId=${skillProviderId}&externalId=${skillExternalId}`;
   let response = {};
 
   try {
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ async function checkIfSkillExists(apiClient, skillProviderId, skillExternalId) {
     return response.data;
   }
 
+  // The external id of the skill could also be its id field - try querying for it instead
+  url = `${config.API_URL}/skills?skillProviderId=${skillProviderId}&skillId=${skillExternalId}`;
+
+  try {
+    response = await apiClient.get(url);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error);
+    // TODO - handle error
+  }
+
+  if (response.data) {
+    return response.data;
+  }
+
   return null;
 }