Fixed api issue

app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use App\Models\BylawNode;
 use App\Models\BylawCodificationLink;
 use App\Traits\BaseApiResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class BylawApiController extends Controller
 {
@@ -309,13 +310,18 @@ class BylawApiController extends Controller
 
         $description = $item->description;
 
-        // Direct Query Fallback: If description is empty, fetch node_content manually
-        if (empty($description)) {
-            $description = BylawNode::where('document_id', $item->id)
+        // Check if description is practically empty (null, empty string, or just empty WYSIWYG HTML like <p></p>)
+        $cleanDesc = trim(strip_tags($description ?? ''));
+
+        // Direct Query Fallback: Fetch node_content manually via DB facade to bypass any Model restrictions
+        if (empty($cleanDesc)) {
+            $nodeContents = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
+                ->where('document_id', $item->id)
                 ->orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
                 ->pluck('node_content')
-                ->filter()
-                ->implode("\n\n");
+                ->toArray();
+
+            $description = implode("\n\n", array_filter($nodeContents));
         }
 
         return [