Fixed retrieve user by email

app/Http/Controllers/RespondentController.php

@@ -43,16 +43,12 @@ class RespondentController extends Controller
      */
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
-        $respondent = Respondent::where('email', $request['email'])->get();
-
-        $response = $this->response
-            ->item($respondent, new RespondentTransformer, ['key' => 'respondents']);
-
-            var_dump($response);
-        if ($response == []) {
-            throw new NotFoundHttpException("Respondent not found");
-
-        } else return $response;
+        $request['category_id'] = $request['category'];
+        unset($request['category']);
+        $respondent = Respondent::create($request->toArray());
+        return $respondent;
+        // return $this->response
+        //     ->item($respondent, new RespondentTransformer, ['key' => 'respondents']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -102,4 +98,16 @@ class RespondentController extends Controller
     {
         //
     }
+
+    public function searchEmail($email)
+    {
+        try {
+            $respondent = Respondent::where('email', $email)
+                ->firstOrFail();
+            return $this->response
+                ->item($respondent, new RespondentTransformer, ['key' => 'respondents']);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            return ['message' => $e->getMessage()];
+        }
+    }
 }