From e9d4fe31b51f7c3b9e74c6b208b045e827cf246c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Harding <eric@digitalsorcery.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:31:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add new customer button and route

customers could only be created indirectly via new order. add a
standalone /customers/new (GET+POST), reusing edit.njk for both create
and edit by keying off customer.id.
---
 src/routes/customers.ts      | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/views/customers/edit.njk |  8 ++++----
 src/views/customers/list.njk |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/customers.ts b/src/routes/customers.ts
index 7be16e2..59dbe1f 100644
--- a/src/routes/customers.ts
+++ b/src/routes/customers.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,38 @@ router.get('/', (req, res) => {
   res.render('customers/list.njk', { customers, q });
 });
 
+router.get('/new', (req, res) => {
+  res.render('customers/edit.njk', { customer: {} });
+});
+
+router.post('/new', (req, res) => {
+  const b = req.body as Record<string, string>;
+
+  const name = (b.name || '').trim();
+  if (!name) return res.status(400).send('Name is required');
+
+  const info = db
+    .prepare(
+      `INSERT INTO customers
+         (name, phone, alt_phone, email, address_line1, address_line2, city, state, zip, internal_note)
+       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`
+    )
+    .run(
+      name,
+      formatPhone(b.phone),
+      formatPhone(b.alt_phone),
+      b.email || null,
+      b.address_line1 || null,
+      b.address_line2 || null,
+      b.city || null,
+      b.state || null,
+      b.zip || null,
+      b.internal_note || null
+    );
+
+  res.redirect(303, `/customers/${info.lastInsertRowid}/edit`);
+});
+
 router.get('/:id/edit', (req, res) => {
   const customer = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM customers WHERE id = ?').get(req.params.id);
   if (!customer) return res.status(404).send('Customer not found');
diff --git a/src/views/customers/edit.njk b/src/views/customers/edit.njk
index b0fa64e..65f6c7d 100644
--- a/src/views/customers/edit.njk
+++ b/src/views/customers/edit.njk
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {% extends "layout.njk" %}
-{% block title %}Edit {{ customer.name }} — Harding's Clocks{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{% if customer.id %}Edit {{ customer.name }}{% else %}New Customer{% endif %} — Harding's Clocks{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
   <div class="page-header">
-    <h1>Edit Customer</h1>
+    <h1>{% if customer.id %}Edit Customer{% else %}New Customer{% endif %}</h1>
   </div>
 
-  <form method="post" action="/customers/{{ customer.id }}/edit" class="stacked-form">
+  <form method="post" action="{% if customer.id %}/customers/{{ customer.id }}/edit{% else %}/customers/new{% endif %}" class="stacked-form">
     <fieldset>
       <legend>Customer</legend>
       <div class="grid-2">
-        <label>Name <input type="text" name="name" value="{{ customer.name }}" required></label>
+        <label>Name <input type="text" name="name" value="{{ customer.name or '' }}" required></label>
         <label>Phone <input type="text" name="phone" value="{{ customer.phone or '' }}"></label>
         <label>Alt phone <input type="text" name="alt_phone" value="{{ customer.alt_phone or '' }}"></label>
         <label>Email <input type="email" name="email" value="{{ customer.email or '' }}"></label>
diff --git a/src/views/customers/list.njk b/src/views/customers/list.njk
index 5671ef1..b0246a7 100644
--- a/src/views/customers/list.njk
+++ b/src/views/customers/list.njk
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 {% block content %}
   <div class="page-header">
     <h1>Customers</h1>
+    <div class="header-actions">
+      <a class="button-link" href="/customers/new">+ New Customer</a>
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   <form class="search-form" method="get" action="/customers">