Refactor database interaction to use centralized API; update game type retrieval and cache management logic (minor changes lol)

src/hooks/dbLink.js

@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
-import usersSeed from '../../DB/users.json';
-import groupsSeed from '../../DB/groups.json';
-import subgroupsSeed from '../../DB/subgroups.json';
-import subgroupMembershipsSeed from '../../DB/subgroup-memberships.json';
-import adminWaitlistSeed from '../../DB/admin-waitlist.json';
-import teamsSeed from '../../DB/teams.json';
-import teamMembersSeed from '../../DB/team-members.json';
-import gameDataSeed from '../../DB/game-data.json';
-import gameTypesSeed from '../../DB/game-types.json';
+import Constants from 'expo-constants';
 
-const buildDbLink = () => ({
-  users: usersSeed,
-  groups: groupsSeed,
-  subgroups: subgroupsSeed,
-  subgroup_memberships: subgroupMembershipsSeed,
-  admin_waitlist: adminWaitlistSeed,
-  teams: teamsSeed,
-  team_members: teamMembersSeed,
-  game_data: gameDataSeed,
-  game_types: gameTypesSeed,
-});
+const hostFromExpo = Constants.expoConfig?.hostUri?.split(':')[0] || null;
+const apiBaseUrl = 'http://localhost:3000'; // Shirish, i need to deploy the database first so... wait until that... sorry buddy...
+// if you want you can run your own db locally i can send you the files for it just ask :(((
 
-export default buildDbLink;
+const postJson = async (path, payload) => {
+  const response = await fetch(`${apiBaseUrl}${path}`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+  });
+  const result = await response.json();
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(result.message || 'Request failed');
+  }
+  return result;
+};
 
+export const postDb = async (action, payload = {}) => {
+  return postJson('/db', { action, payload });
+};