Merge pull request #208 from learnsoftwaredevelopment/add-search-api-endpoint

Added `/api/search/software` API endpoint to allow for searching of software in database

Author: JonathanLeeWH

app.js

@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ const morgan = require('morgan');
 const cors = require('cors');
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 const config = require('./utils/config');
-
-const rootRouter = require('./routes/root');
-const usersRouter = require('./routes/api/users');
-
 const middleware = require('./utils/middleware');
 const logger = require('./utils/logger');
+const rootRouter = require('./routes/root');
+const usersRouter = require('./routes/api/users');
 const authRouter = require('./routes/api/auth');
 const softwareRouter = require('./routes/api/software');
+const searchRouter = require('./routes/api/search');
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ app.use(rootRouter);
 app.use('/api/users', usersRouter);
 app.use('/api/auth', authRouter);
 app.use('/api/software', softwareRouter);
+app.use('/api/search', searchRouter);
 
 app.use(middleware.unknownEndPoint);
 app.use(middleware.errorHandler);

controllers/api/searchController.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const Software = require('../../models/software');
+
+const searchSoftware = async (req, res) => {
+  const { name } = req.query;
+  const response = await Software.find({
+    name: {
+      $regex: name,
+      $options: 'i',
+    },
+  });
+  return res.status(200).json(response);
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  searchSoftware,
+};

package-lock.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GET http://localhost:3001/api/search/software?name=sample

requests/api/softwares/search_software.rest

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const searchRouter = require('express').Router();
+const searchController = require('../../controllers/api/searchController');
+
+searchRouter.get('/software', searchController.searchSoftware);
+
+module.exports = searchRouter;