From 8a26bf08e11ee52776418db721614f02370c8c2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels Saurer <me@nielssaurer.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:11:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Pick the first correspondent if multiple are returned

---
 services/paperlessService.js | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/services/paperlessService.js b/services/paperlessService.js
index 3be2e94..b5f2cb0 100644
--- a/services/paperlessService.js
+++ b/services/paperlessService.js
@@ -735,8 +735,15 @@ class PaperlessService {
         console.log("Response Correspondent Search: ", existingCorrespondent);
     
         if (existingCorrespondent) {
-            console.log(`Found existing correspondent "${name}" with ID ${existingCorrespondent.id}`);
-            return existingCorrespondent;
+            // If only one result is found, return it
+            if (!Array.isArray(existingCorrespondent)) {
+              console.log(`Found existing correspondent "${name}" with ID ${existingCorrespondent.id}`);
+              return existingCorrespondent;
+            }
+            // If multiple results are found, return the first one
+            const firstResult = existingCorrespondent[0];
+            console.log(`Found multiple correspondents for "${name}". Returning first one with ID ${firstResult.id}`);
+            return firstResult;
         }
     
         // Erstelle neuen Korrespondenten