Add better support for applications search (#1092)

* Add better support for applications search

Plain user input is now converted to tsquery with prefix support

Add tests for improved search

* Add extended applications search support

Add search by all applicant fields

Add search by alternateContact emai

Add escape of special characters to plainto_tsquery, by default they was changed to AND operators

* Add test for applications search

Co-authored-by: Bart <[email protected]>

backend/core/src/applications/applications.service.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ApplicationsService {
       orderBy: (qb, { orderBy, order }) => qb.orderBy(orderBy, order),
       search: (qb, { search }) =>
         qb.andWhere(
-          `to_tsvector('english', concat_ws(' ', "applicant")) @@ plainto_tsquery(:search)`,
+          `to_tsvector('english', REGEXP_REPLACE(concat_ws(' ', applicant, alternateContact.emailAddress), '[_]|[-]', '/', 'g')) @@ to_tsquery(CONCAT(CAST(plainto_tsquery(REGEXP_REPLACE(:search, '[_]|[-]', '/', 'g')) as text), ':*'))`,
           {
             search,
           }

backend/core/test/applications/applications.e2e-spec.ts

@@ -456,6 +456,51 @@ describe("Applications", () => {
     expect(res.body.items[0]).toMatchObject(createRes.body)
   })
 
+  it(`should allow an admin to search for users application using search query param with partial textquery`, async () => {
+    const body = getTestAppBody(listing1Id)
+    body.applicant.firstName = "John"
+    const createRes = await supertest(app.getHttpServer())
+      .post(`/applications/submit`)
+      .send(body)
+      .expect(201)
+    expect(createRes.body).toMatchObject(body)
+    expect(createRes.body).toHaveProperty("createdAt")
+    expect(createRes.body).toHaveProperty("updatedAt")
+    expect(createRes.body).toHaveProperty("id")
+
+    const res = await supertest(app.getHttpServer())
+      .get(`/applications/?search=joh`)
+      .set(...setAuthorization(adminAccessToken))
+      .expect(200)
+    expect(Array.isArray(res.body.items)).toBe(true)
+    expect(res.body.items.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(res.body.items[0].id === createRes.body.id)
+    expect(res.body.items[0]).toMatchObject(createRes.body)
+  })
+
+  it(`should allow an admin to search for users application using email as textquery`, async () => {
+    const body = getTestAppBody(listing1Id)
+    body.applicant.firstName = "John"
+    body.applicant.emailAddress = "[email protected]"
+    const createRes = await supertest(app.getHttpServer())
+      .post(`/applications/submit`)
+      .send(body)
+      .expect(201)
+    expect(createRes.body).toMatchObject(body)
+    expect(createRes.body).toHaveProperty("createdAt")
+    expect(createRes.body).toHaveProperty("updatedAt")
+    expect(createRes.body).toHaveProperty("id")
+
+    const res = await supertest(app.getHttpServer())
+      .get(`/applications/[email protected]`)
+      .set(...setAuthorization(adminAccessToken))
+      .expect(200)
+    expect(Array.isArray(res.body.items)).toBe(true)
+    expect(res.body.items.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(res.body.items[0].id === createRes.body.id)
+    expect(res.body.items[0]).toMatchObject(createRes.body)
+  })
+
   it(`should allow exporting applications as CSV`, async () => {
     const body = getTestAppBody(listing1Id)
     const createRes = await supertest(app.getHttpServer())