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projects/backend/Dockerfile

@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ RUN bun --filter '@ssr/common' build
 COPY --from=depends /app/projects/backend ./projects/backend
 
 # Lint before starting
-RUN bun --filter 'website' lint
+RUN bun --filter 'backend' lint
 
 CMD ["bun", "run", "--filter", "backend", "start"]

projects/common/src/utils/api-utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import ky from "ky";
+
+type ApiHealth = {
+  online: boolean;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Gets the health of the api server.
+ *
+ * @param url the url of the api
+ */
+export async function getApiHealth(url: string): Promise<ApiHealth> {
+  try {
+    await ky.get(url);
+    return {
+      online: true,
+    };
+  } catch {
+    return {
+      online: false,
+    };
+  }
+}

projects/website/src/app/layout.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import NavBar from "../components/navbar/navbar";
 import { Colors } from "@/common/colors";
 import OfflineNetwork from "@/components/offline-network";
 import Script from "next/script";
+import { ApiHealth } from "@/components/api/api-health";
 
 const siteFont = localFont({
   src: "./fonts/JetBrainsMono.ttf",
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({
               <ThemeProvider attribute="class" defaultTheme="dark" enableSystem disableTransitionOnChange>
                 <QueryProvider>
                   <AnimatePresence>
+                    <ApiHealth />
                     <main className="flex flex-col min-h-screen gap-2 text-white w-full">
                       <NavBar />
                       <div className="z-[1] m-auto flex flex-col flex-grow items-center w-full md:max-w-[1600px]">

projects/website/src/components/api/api-health.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { getApiHealth } from "@ssr/common/utils/api-utils";
+import { config } from "../../../config";
+import { useToast } from "@/hooks/use-toast";
+import { useIsFirstRender } from "@uidotdev/usehooks";
+
+export function ApiHealth() {
+  const { toast } = useToast();
+  const firstRender = useIsFirstRender();
+  const [online, setOnline] = useState<boolean>(true);
+  const previousOnlineStatus = useRef<boolean>(true);
+
+  useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["api-health"],
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      const status = (await getApiHealth(config.siteApi)).online;
+      setOnline(status);
+      return status;
+    },
+    refetchInterval: 1000 * 15,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (firstRender) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Trigger toast only if the online status changes
+    if (previousOnlineStatus.current !== online) {
+      toast({
+        title: `The API is now ${online ? "Online" : "Offline"}!`,
+        description: online ? "The API has recovered connectivity." : "The API has lost connectivity.",
+        variant: online ? "success" : "destructive",
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Update the previous online status
+    previousOnlineStatus.current = online;
+  }, [firstRender, online, toast]);
+
+  return <></>;
+}