Update

app/Http/Controllers/UserAIController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Helpers\FirstParty\Credits\CreditsService;
 use App\Jobs\GenerateMemeJob;
+use App\Models\UserMemeGeneration;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Models\Category;
 use Auth;
@@ -16,6 +17,23 @@ public function generateMeme(Request $request)
     {
         $user = Auth::user();
 
+        // Check if user has an active job
+        $activeJobId = Cache::get("user_active_job_{$user->id}");
+        if ($activeJobId) {
+            $activeGeneration = UserMemeGeneration::where('job_id', $activeJobId)
+                ->where('user_id', $user->id)
+                ->whereIn('status', ['pending', 'processing'])
+                ->first();
+            
+            if ($activeGeneration) {
+                return response()->json([
+                    'error' => [
+                        'message' => 'You already have a meme generation in progress. Please wait for it to complete.',
+                    ],
+                ], 400);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (!CreditsService::canSpend($user->id, 2)) {
             return response()->json([
                 'error' => [
@@ -28,6 +46,18 @@ public function generateMeme(Request $request)
 
         $jobId = Str::uuid()->toString();
         
+        // Create database record
+        $generation = UserMemeGeneration::create([
+            'user_id' => $user->id,
+            'job_id' => $jobId,
+            'prompt' => $request->prompt,
+            'status' => 'pending',
+            'credits_to_be_charged' => 2,
+            'credits_are_processed' => false,
+        ]);
+        
+        // Set active job in cache
+        Cache::put("user_active_job_{$user->id}", $jobId, 300);
         Cache::put("meme_job_status_{$jobId}", 'pending', 300);
         
         $job = new GenerateMemeJob($user->id, $request->prompt, $jobId);
@@ -89,6 +119,104 @@ public function checkMemeJobStatus(Request $request)
         return response()->json($response);
     }
 
+    public function getActiveJob()
+    {
+        $user = Auth::user();
+        
+        $activeJobId = Cache::get("user_active_job_{$user->id}");
+        
+        if (!$activeJobId) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'success' => [
+                    'data' => null,
+                ],
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        $generation = UserMemeGeneration::where('job_id', $activeJobId)
+            ->where('user_id', $user->id)
+            ->with('meme.meme_media', 'meme.background_media')
+            ->first();
+
+        if (!$generation) {
+            // Clean up stale cache
+            Cache::forget("user_active_job_{$user->id}");
+            return response()->json([
+                'success' => [
+                    'data' => null,
+                ],
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        $response = [
+            'success' => [
+                'data' => [
+                    'job_id' => $generation->job_id,
+                    'status' => $generation->status,
+                    'prompt' => $generation->prompt,
+                    'created_at' => $generation->created_at,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        // If completed, include the meme result
+        if ($generation->status === 'completed' && $generation->meme) {
+            $meme = $generation->meme;
+            $meme_media = $generation->meme->meme_media;
+            
+            $response['success']['data']['result'] = [
+                'generate' => [
+                    'info' => $meme,
+                    'caption' => $meme->caption,
+                    'meme' => $meme_media,
+                    'background' => $meme->background_media,
+                ],
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return response()->json($response);
+    }
+
+    public function getMemeHistory()
+    {
+        $user = Auth::user();
+        
+        $generations = UserMemeGeneration::where('user_id', $user->id)
+            ->with('meme.meme_media', 'meme.background_media')
+            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+            ->limit(20)
+            ->get();
+
+        $history = $generations->map(function ($generation) {
+            $data = [
+                'job_id' => $generation->job_id,
+                'prompt' => $generation->prompt,
+                'status' => $generation->status,
+                'created_at' => $generation->created_at,
+            ];
+
+            if ($generation->status === 'completed' && $generation->meme) {
+                $meme = $generation->meme;
+                $data['meme'] = [
+                    'info' => $meme,
+                    'caption' => $meme->caption,
+                    'meme_media' => $meme->meme_media,
+                    'background_media' => $meme->background_media,
+                ];
+            }
+
+            return $data;
+        });
+
+        return response()->json([
+            'success' => [
+                'data' => [
+                    'history' => $history,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ]);
+    }
+
     public function aiHints()
     {
         $categories = Category::whereNotNull('keywords')