From 4257b65ab53f9215031528951f1568dfd8048e4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebastjanartic <45803536-sebastjanartic@users.noreply.replit.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:21:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update video view counts to be stored persistently

Modify the video view count update mechanism to persist increments to the PostgreSQL database, falling back to a memory cache on failure.

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 server/storage.ts | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/storage.ts b/server/storage.ts
index c272fca..83e5e9e 100644
--- a/server/storage.ts
+++ b/server/storage.ts
@@ -987,9 +987,18 @@ class BunnyStorage implements IStorage {
   }
 
   async updateVideoViews(id: string): Promise<void> {
-    // Since we can't update views in Bunny.net directly, we'll cache them locally
-    const currentViews = this.viewsCache.get(id) || 0;
-    this.viewsCache.set(id, currentViews + 1);
+    try {
+      // Persist view count increment to PostgreSQL database
+      await db.update(videos)
+        .set({ views: sql`${videos.views} + 1` })
+        .where(eq(videos.id, id));
+      console.log(`✅ View count incremented for video ${id} in database`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`❌ Failed to update view count for video ${id}:`, error);
+      // Fallback to memory cache if database fails
+      const currentViews = this.viewsCache.get(id) || 0;
+      this.viewsCache.set(id, currentViews + 1);
+    }
   }
 
   async getVideoCount(search?: string): Promise<number> {