UPDATE: Tidied up search bar and made changes to the specific search routes

web_server/blueprints/search_bar.py

@@ -55,34 +55,52 @@ def search_results():
     
     return jsonify({"categories": categories, "users": users, "streams": streams})
 
-@search_bp.route("/search/categories/<string:query>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+@search_bp.route("/search/categories", methods=["GET", "POST"])
-def search_categories(query: str):
+def search_categories():
+    """
+    Display all the results for categories from the specified user query
+    """
+    # Receive the query data from the user
+    data = request.get_json()
+    query = sanitize(data["query"])
+
 	# Create the connection to the database
     db = Database()
     db.create_connection()
 
+    # Fetch the ranked data and send to JSON to be displayed
     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;
         """, (query,))
     
     db.close_connection()
     
     return jsonify({"categories": categories})
 
-@search_bp.route("/search/users/<string:query>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+@search_bp.route("/search/users", methods=["GET", "POST"])
-def search_users(query: str):
+def search_users():
+    """
+    Display all the results for users from the specified user query
+    """
+    # Receive the query data from the user
+    data = request.get_json()
+    query = sanitize(data["query"])
+
 	# Create the connection to the database
     db = Database()
     db.create_connection()
     
+    # Fetch the ranked data and send to JSON to be displayed
     users = db.fetchall("""
-                SELECT bm25(user_fts), rank, f.user_id, f.username, f.is_live
+                    SELECT bm25(user_fts) AS score, u.user_id, u.username, u.is_live
-                FROM users u
+                    FROM users AS u
-                INNER JOIN user_fts f ON u.user_id = f.user_id
+                    INNER JOIN user_fts AS f ON u.user_id = f.user_id
-                WHERE user_fts MATCH ?;
+                    WHERE f.username LIKE '%' || ? || '%'
+                    ORDER BY score ASC;
         """, (query,))
     
     db.close_connection()
@@ -90,17 +108,26 @@ def search_users(query: str):
     return jsonify({"users": users})
 
 
-@search_bp.route("/search/streams/<string:query>", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+@search_bp.route("/search/streams", methods=["GET", "POST"])
-def search_streams(query: str):
+def search_streams():
+    """
+    Display all the results for streams from the specified user query
+    """
+    # Receive the query data from the user
+    data = request.get_json()
+    query = sanitize(data["query"])
+
 	# Create the connection to the database
     db = Database()
     db.create_connection()
     
+    # Fetch the ranked data and send to JSON to be displayed
     streams = db.fetchall("""
-                SELECT bm25(stream_fts), rank, f.user_id, f.title, f.num_viewers, f.category_id
+                    SELECT bm25(stream_fts) AS score, s.user_id, s.title, s.num_viewers, s.category_id
-                FROM streams s
+                    FROM streams AS s
-                INNER JOIN stream_fts f ON s.user_id = f.user_id
+                    INNER JOIN stream_fts AS f ON s.user_id = f.user_id
-                WHERE stream_fts MATCH ?;
+                    WHERE f.title LIKE '%' || ? || '%'
+                    ORDER BY score ASC;
         """, (query,))
 
     db.close_connection()