fixed the comments string issue

src/modules/host/handlers/Activity_Hub/OnBoarding/submitPQAnswer.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,40 @@ const hostService = new HostService(prismaClient);
 
 const s3 = new AWS.S3({ region: config.aws.region });
 
+function parseMultipartFieldValue(val: string) {
+    if (val === '' || val === 'null' || val === 'undefined') return null;
+
+    const cleaned = val.trim();
+    const looksLikeJson =
+        (cleaned.startsWith('{') && cleaned.endsWith('}')) ||
+        (cleaned.startsWith('[') && cleaned.endsWith(']')) ||
+        (cleaned.startsWith('"') && cleaned.endsWith('"'));
+
+    if (!looksLikeJson) return val;
+
+    try {
+        return JSON.parse(cleaned);
+    } catch {
+        return val;
+    }
+}
+
+function normalizeComments(comments: unknown): string | null {
+    if (comments === null || comments === undefined || comments === '') return null;
+
+    const value = String(comments).trim();
+    if (!value) return null;
+
+    if (
+        (value.startsWith('"') && value.endsWith('"')) ||
+        (value.startsWith("'") && value.endsWith("'"))
+    ) {
+        return value.slice(1, -1);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}
+
 // Function to extract S3 key from URL
 function getS3KeyFromUrl(url: string): string {
     const bucketBaseUrl = `https://${config.aws.bucketName}.s3.${config.aws.region}.amazonaws.com/`;
@@ -122,22 +156,7 @@ export const handler = safeHandler(async (event: APIGatewayProxyEvent): Promise<
 
             bb.on("field", (fieldname, val) => {
                 console.log(`FIELD RAW: ${fieldname} =`, val);
-                if (val === '' || val === 'null' || val === 'undefined') fields[fieldname] = null;
-                else {
-                    try {
-                        const cleaned = val.trim();
-
-                        // If it starts and ends with quotes, remove them
-                        const withoutQuotes =
-                            (cleaned.startsWith('"') && cleaned.endsWith('"'))
-                                ? cleaned.slice(1, -1)
-                                : cleaned;
-
-                        fields[fieldname] = JSON.parse(withoutQuotes);
-                    } catch {
-                        fields[fieldname] = val;
-                    }
-                }
+                fields[fieldname] = parseMultipartFieldValue(val);
             });
 
             bb.on("close", () => resolve());
@@ -154,7 +173,7 @@ export const handler = safeHandler(async (event: APIGatewayProxyEvent): Promise<
         const activityXid = Number(fields.activityXid);
         const pqqQuestionXid = Number(fields.pqqQuestionXid);
         const pqqAnswerXid = Number(fields.pqqAnswerXid);
-        const comments = fields.comments || null;
+        const comments = normalizeComments(fields.comments);
 
         if (!activityXid || isNaN(activityXid)) throw new ApiError(400, "Please provide a valid activity");
         if (!pqqQuestionXid || isNaN(pqqQuestionXid)) throw new ApiError(400, "Please select a valid question");