Updated the evaluation to work recursively when failing

src/pages/api/evaluate/speaking.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import type {NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse} from "next";
 import {withIronSessionApiRoute} from "iron-session/next";
 import {sessionOptions} from "@/lib/session";
-import axios from "axios";
+import axios, {AxiosResponse} from "axios";
 import formidable from "formidable-serverless";
 import {ref, uploadBytes} from "firebase/storage";
 import fs from "fs";
@@ -26,21 +26,24 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
 		const binary = fs.readFileSync((audioFile as any).path).buffer;
 		const snapshot = await uploadBytes(audioFileRef, binary);
 
-		const backendRequest = await axios.post(
-			`${process.env.BACKEND_URL}/speaking_task_3`,
-			{answers: [{question: fields.question, answer: snapshot.metadata.fullPath}]},
-			{
-				headers: {
-					Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BACKEND_JWT}`,
-				},
-			},
-		);
+		const backendRequest = await evaluate({answers: [{question: fields.question, answer: snapshot.metadata.fullPath}]});
 
 		fs.rmSync((audioFile as any).path);
 		res.status(200).json({...backendRequest.data, fullPath: snapshot.metadata.fullPath});
 	});
 }
 
+async function evaluate(body: {answers: object[]}): Promise<AxiosResponse> {
+	const backendRequest = await axios.post(`${process.env.BACKEND_URL}/speaking_task_3`, body, {
+		headers: {
+			Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BACKEND_JWT}`,
+		},
+	});
+
+	if (typeof backendRequest.data === "string") return evaluate(body);
+	return backendRequest;
+}
+
 export const config = {
 	api: {
 		bodyParser: false,