feat: change search endpoint to use GET method with query parameters

Author: omdxp

api/src/search/controller.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Controller, Post, Body, ContentType } from "routing-controllers";
+import { Controller, Get, QueryParams } from "routing-controllers";
 
-import { SearchRequest, SearchResponse } from "./types";
+import { SearchQuery, SearchResponse } from "./types";
 import { SearchService } from "./service";
 import { Service } from "typedi";
 
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ import { Service } from "typedi";
 export class SearchController {
   constructor(private readonly searchService: SearchService) {}
 
-  @Post("/")
-  @ContentType("application/json")
-  public async search(@Body({ required: true }) req: SearchRequest): Promise<SearchResponse> {
+  @Get("/")
+  public async search(@QueryParams({ required: true }) req: SearchQuery): Promise<SearchResponse> {
     const searchResults = await this.searchService.search(req.query, req.limit);
     return {
       searchResults,

api/src/search/types.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { MultiSearchResponse } from "meilisearch";
 import { ProjectEntity } from "@dzcode.io/models/dist/project";
 import { IsNotEmpty, IsPositive, IsString } from "class-validator";
 
-export class SearchRequest {
+export class SearchQuery {
   @IsString()
   @IsNotEmpty()
   query!: string;