Possible request respondent by their email address

app/Http/Controllers/QuestionAnswerController.php

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use App\Models\Answer;
 use App\Models\Question;
 use Dingo\Api\Routing\Helpers;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\UnauthorizedHttpException;
 
 class QuestionAnswerController extends Controller
 {
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ class QuestionAnswerController extends Controller
      */
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
+        if (!$request["respondentId"]) {
+            throw new UnauthorizedHttpException("Insufficient privilege");
+
+        }
         // return $request;
         $question = Question::find($request["questionId"]);
         if ($question == null) {

app/Http/Controllers/RespondentController.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Models\Respondent;
 use App\Http\Resources\RespondentResource;
 use App\Transformers\RespondentTransformer;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
 use Dingo\Api\Routing\Helpers;
 
 class RespondentController extends Controller
@@ -42,7 +43,16 @@ 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;
     }
 
     /**