⚡ A separate API to only get notification count

pkg/internal/http/api/index.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func MapAPIs(app *fiber.App, baseURL string) {
 		notify := api.Group("/notifications").Name("Notifications API")
 		{
 			notify.Get("/", getNotifications)
+			notify.Get("/count", getNotificationCount)
 			notify.Get("/subscription", getNotifySubscriber)
 			notify.Post("/subscription", addNotifySubscriber)
 			notify.Delete("/subscription/:deviceId", removeNotifySubscriber)

pkg/internal/http/api/notifications_api.go

@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ func getNotifications(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	})
 }
 
+func getNotificationCount(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	if err := exts.EnsureAuthenticated(c); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	user := c.Locals("user").(models.Account)
+
+	tx := database.C.Where(&models.Notification{AccountID: user.ID}).Model(&models.Notification{})
+
+	var count int64
+	if err := tx.
+		Count(&count).Error; err != nil {
+		return fiber.NewError(fiber.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return c.JSON(fiber.Map{
+		"count": count,
+	})
+}
+
 func markNotificationRead(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	if err := exts.EnsureAuthenticated(c); err != nil {
 		return err