fixed an error where get command cant serlialize employee

Library/Server.cs

@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ public class Server
         // Deserialize the command result to an Employee object
         try
         {
-            return Task.FromResult(Employee.FromJson(commandResult));
+            var employee = Employee.FromJson(commandResult);
+            return Task.FromResult(employee);
         }
         catch (JsonException)
         {
@@ -234,5 +235,17 @@ public class Server
         }
     }
 
+    public Task<string> ClockHistory(string employeeCode)
+    {
+        var commandResult = ExecuteCommandAsync("fullClockHistory " + employeeCode).Result;
+        return Task.FromResult(commandResult);
+    }
+
+    public Task<string> FullClockHistory(int limit = 50)
+    {
+        var commandResult = ExecuteCommandAsync("fullClockHistory " + limit).Result;
+        return Task.FromResult(commandResult);
+    }
+    
     
 }

Server/Commands/CommandLibrary.cs

@@ -344,8 +344,25 @@ public class CommandLibrary
                 throw new CommandException("Employee not found.");
 
             // Return the first (and expected single) matching employee as JSON object
-            var firstEmp = dataArray[0];
-            return firstEmp.GetRawText();
+            var firstRow = dataArray[0];
+            // 5) Deserialize it into an Employee object.
+            //    This requires that Employee.Id is an int (matching the DB schema),
+            //    or you map fields manually if Id remains a string.
+            Employee self;
+            try
+            {
+                string employeeJson = firstRow.GetRawText();
+                self = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Employee>(employeeJson)
+                       ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Deserialized Employee was null.");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Program.messageSender.Error($"[GetSelfUser] Failed to deserialize Employee: {ex.Message}");
+                throw new CommandException("Internal error while parsing user data.");
+            }
+
+            // 6) Return the Employee’s JSON via the ToJson() helper you already wrote:
+            return self.ToJson();
         }
         
         [Command("clockHistory")]
@@ -438,12 +455,12 @@ public class CommandLibrary
     string sql = @"
         SELECT `EmployeeId`, `NewState`, `ChangeTime`
         FROM `employee_state_history`
-                WHERE `EmployeeId` = ?
         ORDER BY `ChangeTime` DESC
         LIMIT ?
     ";
-            var values = new List<object> { employeeId, maxHistoryLength };
-            string historyJson = Program.mySql.Query(sql, null, values);
+    var values = new List<object> {maxHistoryLength };
+    // Pass an empty string ("") for 'types' so that parameters get bound correctly
+    string historyJson = Program.mySql.Query(sql, /*types:*/ "", /*values:*/ values);
 
     // 5) Return the JSON from Query (the client will receive {"error":…, "data":[…]} )
     return historyJson;

TestClient/Program.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class Tester
             "clock in",
             "clock out",
             "clock break",
+            "clockhistory",
             "help"
         };
 
@@ -105,12 +106,46 @@ public class Tester
                     var responseLines = response.Split("%break").ToList();
                     await messageBox.ShowAsync("Command Result: clock break", responseLines);
                 }
+                else if (command == "clockhistory")
+                {
+                    List<string> history = new List<string>();
+                    string historyString = server.FullClockHistory().Result;
+                    ClockHistoryResponse historyResponse;
+                    try
+                    {
+                        historyResponse = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ClockHistoryResponse>(historyString);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception e)
+                    {
+                        ms.Error(e.Message);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    Dictionary<int, Employee> employees = new Dictionary<int, Employee>();
+                    foreach (ClockEntry clockEntry in historyResponse.data)
+                    {
+                        if (!employees.ContainsKey(clockEntry.EmployeeId))
+                        {
+                            Employee newEmployee = await server.GetEmployee(id: clockEntry.EmployeeId);
+                            employees.Add(clockEntry.EmployeeId, newEmployee);
+                            ms.Log(newEmployee.ToJson());
+                        }
+                        
+                        history.Add($"{clockEntry.EmployeeId}-{employees[clockEntry.EmployeeId].Code} - {clockEntry.NewState} - {clockEntry.ChangeTime}");
+                        //Console.WriteLine($"{clockEntry.EmployeeId}-{employees[clockEntry.EmployeeId].Code} - {clockEntry.NewState} - {clockEntry.ChangeTime}");
+                    }
+                    ItemSelector selectorTemp = new ItemSelector(ms);
+                    selectorTemp.SetTitle("Clock History");
+                    selectorTemp.SelectItemFromList(history.ToArray());
+                    //Console.ReadKey();
+                }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 await messageBox.ShowAsync("Error", new List<string> { ex.Message });
             }
             
+            
+            
             /*
             string input = "";
             if (command.Contains("login"))
@@ -141,3 +176,14 @@ public class Tester
         }
     }
 }
+public class ClockEntry
+{
+    public int EmployeeId { get; set; }
+    public int NewState { get; set; }
+    public DateTime ChangeTime { get; set; }
+}
+public class ClockHistoryResponse
+{
+    public bool error { get; set; }
+    public List<ClockEntry> data { get; set; } = new();
+}