FEAT: Implemented working search bar using FTS and Ranking

frontend/src/components/Layout/SearchBar.tsx

@@ -18,18 +18,29 @@ const SearchBar: React.FC = () => {
   // Perform search when debounced query changes
   useEffect(() => {
     if (debouncedQuery.trim()) {
-      fetch(`/api/search/${debouncedQuery}`)
-        .then((response) => response.json())
-        .then((data) => {
+      const fetchSearchResults = async () => {
+        try {
+          const response = await fetch("/api/search", {
+            method: "POST",
+            headers: {
+              "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify({ query: debouncedQuery }), // <-- Fixed payload
+          });
+  
+          const data = await response.json();
           console.log("Search results:", data);
           // Handle the search results here
-        })
-        .catch((error) => {
+        } catch (error) {
           console.error("Error performing search:", error);
-        });
+        }
+      };
+  
+      fetchSearchResults(); // Call the async function
     }
   }, [debouncedQuery]);
   
+
   const handleSearchChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     setSearchQuery(e.target.value);
   };

web_server/blueprints/__init__.py

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from blueprints.chat import chat_bp
 from blueprints.oauth import oauth_bp, init_oauth
 from blueprints.socket import socketio
 from celery import Celery
-from celery_tasks import celery_init_app
+from celery_tasks import celery_init_app#
+from blueprints.search_bar import search_bp
 
 from os import getenv
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ def create_app():
         app.register_blueprint(stream_bp)
         app.register_blueprint(chat_bp)
         app.register_blueprint(oauth_bp)
+        app.register_blueprint(search_bp)
 
         socketio.init_app(app)
 

web_server/blueprints/search_bar.py

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-from flask import Blueprint, jsonify
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request
 from database.database import Database
+from utils.utils import sanitize
 
 search_bp = Blueprint("search", __name__)
 
-@search_bp.route("/search/<string:query>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
-def search_results(query: str):
+@search_bp.route("/search", methods=["POST"])
+def search_results():
     """
     Return the most similar search results
 
     This is the main route that displays a subsection of each search topic
     """
+    data = request.get_json()
+    query = sanitize(data["query"])
+
     # Create the connection to the database
     db = Database()
     db.create_connection()
@@ -17,33 +21,38 @@ def search_results(query: str):
     # Get the most accurate search results
     # 3 categories
     categories = db.fetchall("""
-                SELECT bm25(category_fts), rank, f.category_id, f.category_name
+                    SELECT bm25(category_fts) AS score, c.category_id, c.category_name
                     FROM categories AS c
                     INNER JOIN category_fts AS f ON c.category_id = f.category_id
-                WHERE category_fts MATCH ?
+                    WHERE f.category_name LIKE '%' || ? || '%'
+                    ORDER BY score ASC
                     LIMIT 3;
         """, (query,))
     
     # 3 users
     users = db.fetchall("""
-                SELECT bm25(user_fts), rank, f.user_id, f.username, f.is_live
-                FROM users u
-                INNER JOIN user_fts f ON u.user_id = f.user_id
-                WHERE user_fts MATCH ?
+                    SELECT bm25(user_fts) AS score, u.user_id, u.username, u.is_live
+                    FROM users AS u
+                    INNER JOIN user_fts AS f ON u.user_id = f.user_id
+                    WHERE f.username LIKE '%' || ? || '%'
+                    ORDER BY score ASC
                     LIMIT 3;
         """, (query,))
 
     # 3 streams
     streams = db.fetchall("""
-                SELECT bm25(stream_fts), rank, f.user_id, f.title, f.num_viewers, f.category_id
-                FROM streams s
-                INNER JOIN stream_fts f ON s.user_id = f.user_id
-                WHERE stream_fts MATCH ?
+                    SELECT bm25(stream_fts) AS score, s.user_id, s.title, s.num_viewers, s.category_id
+                    FROM streams AS s
+                    INNER JOIN stream_fts AS f ON s.user_id = f.user_id
+                    WHERE f.title LIKE '%' || ? || '%'
+                    ORDER BY score ASC
                     LIMIT 3;
         """, (query,))
 
     db.close_connection()
 
+    print(query, streams, users, categories, flush=True)
+    
     return jsonify({"categories": categories, "users": users, "streams": streams})
 
 @search_bp.route("/search/categories/<string:query>", methods=["GET", "POST"])

web_server/utils/utils.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def get_most_popular_category() -> Optional[List[dict]]:
     
     return category
 
-def sanitize(user_input: str, input_type="username") -> str:
+def sanitize(user_input: str, input_type="default") -> str:
     """
     Sanitizes user input based on the specified input type.
     
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ def sanitize(user_input: str, input_type="username") -> str:
             "min_length": 8,
             "max_length": 256,
         },
+        "default": {
+            "pattern": r"^[\S]+$",  # Non-whitespace characters only
+            "min_length": 1,
+            "max_length": 50,
+        },
     }
 
     # Get the validation rules for the specified type