Use search context for filtering search results by current category or user

app/controllers/search_controller.rb

@@ -2,12 +2,39 @@ require_dependency 'search'
 
 class SearchController < ApplicationController
 
-  def query
-    search = Search.new(params[:term],
-                        guardian: guardian,
-                        type_filter: params[:type_filter])
+  def self.valid_context_types
+    %w{user topic category}
+  end
 
+  def query
+    requires_parameter(:term)
+
+    search_args = {guardian: guardian}
+    search_args[:type_filter] = params[:type_filter] if params[:type_filter].present?
+
+    search_context = params[:search_context]
+    if search_context.present?
+      raise Discourse::InvalidParameters.new(:search_context) unless SearchController.valid_context_types.include?(search_context[:type])
+      raise Discourse::InvalidParameters.new(:search_context) if search_context[:id].blank?
+
+      klass = search_context[:type].classify.constantize
+
+      # A user is found by username
+      context_obj = nil
+      if search_context[:type] == 'user'
+        context_obj = klass.where(username: params[:search_context][:id]).first
+      else
+        context_obj = klass.where(id: params[:search_context][:id]).first
+      end
+
+      guardian.ensure_can_see!(context_obj)
+      search_args[:search_context] = context_obj
+    end
+
+    search = Search.new(params[:term], search_args.symbolize_keys)
     render_json_dump(search.execute.as_json)
   end
 
+
+
 end

lib/search.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Search
 
     @opts = opts || {}
     @guardian = @opts[:guardian] || Guardian.new
+    @search_context = @opts[:search_context]
     @limit = Search.per_facet * Search.facets.size
     @results = GroupedSearchResults.new(@opts[:type_filter])
   end
@@ -142,6 +143,19 @@ class Search
                   .order("topics.bumped_at DESC")
                   .limit(limit)
 
+      # Search context post results
+      if @search_context.present?
+
+        if @search_context.is_a?(User)
+          # If the context is a user, restrict posts to that user
+          posts = posts.where(user_id: @search_context.id)
+        elsif @search_context.is_a?(Category)
+          # If the context is a category, restrict posts to that category
+          posts = posts.where('topics.category_id' => @search_context.id)
+        end
+
+      end
+
       if secure_category_ids.present?
         posts = posts.where("(categories.id IS NULL) OR (NOT categories.secure) OR (categories.id IN (?))", secure_category_ids)
       else

spec/components/search_spec.rb

@@ -233,6 +233,30 @@ describe Search do
 
     end
 
+  end
+
+  context 'search_context' do
+
+    context 'user as a search context' do
+      let(:search_user) { Search.new('hello', search_context: post.user).execute }
+      let(:search_coding_horror) { Search.new('hello', search_context: Fabricate(:coding_horror)).execute }
+
+      Given!(:post) { Fabricate(:post) }
+      Then          { first_of_type(search_user, 'topic')['id'] == post.topic_id }
+      And           { first_of_type(search_coding_horror, 'topic').should be_blank }
+    end
+
+    context 'category as a search context' do
+      let(:category) { Fabricate(:category) }
+      let(:search_cat) { Search.new('hello', search_context: category).execute }
+      let(:search_other_cat) { Search.new('hello', search_context: Fabricate(:category) ).execute }
+      let(:topic) { Fabricate(:topic, category: category) }
+
+      Given!(:post) { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, user: topic.user ) }
+      Then          { first_of_type(search_cat, 'topic')['id'] == post.topic_id }
+      Then          { first_of_type(search_other_cat, 'topic').should be_blank }
+
+    end
 
   end
 

spec/controllers/search_controller_spec.rb

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe SearchController do
 
+  let(:search_context) { {type: 'user', id: 'eviltrout'} }
+
   it 'performs the query' do
     guardian = Guardian.new
     Guardian.stubs(:new).returns(guardian)
 
     search = mock()
-    Search.expects(:new).with('test', guardian: guardian, type_filter: nil).returns(search)
+    Search.expects(:new).with('test', guardian: guardian).returns(search)
     search.expects(:execute)
 
     xhr :get, :query, term: 'test'
@@ -24,4 +26,47 @@ describe SearchController do
     xhr :get, :query, term: 'test', type_filter: 'topic'
   end
 
+  context "search context" do
+
+    it "raises an error with an invalid context type" do
+      lambda {
+        xhr :get, :query, term: 'test', search_context: {type: 'security', id: 'hole'}
+      }.should raise_error(Discourse::InvalidParameters)
+    end
+
+    it "raises an error with a missing id" do
+      lambda {
+        xhr :get, :query, term: 'test', search_context: {type: 'user'}
+      }.should raise_error(Discourse::InvalidParameters)
+    end
+
+    context "with a user" do
+
+      let(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
+
+      it "raises an error if the user can't see the context" do
+        Guardian.any_instance.expects(:can_see?).with(user).returns(false)
+        xhr :get, :query, term: 'test', search_context: {type: 'user', id: user.username}
+        response.should_not be_success
+      end
+
+
+      it 'performs the query with a search context' do
+        guardian = Guardian.new
+        Guardian.stubs(:new).returns(guardian)
+
+        search = mock()
+        Search.expects(:new).with('test', guardian: guardian, search_context: user).returns(search)
+        search.expects(:execute)
+
+        xhr :get, :query, term: 'test', search_context: {type: 'user', id: user.username}
+      end
+
+    end
+
+
+  end
+
+
+
 end