From 0c167d803c180c5953a0206c063b39ba8ffad0fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?V=C3=ADctor=20Losada=20Hern=C3=A1ndez?=
 <losada.hernandez.victor@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:15:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] limit the search

---
 server/archive.api.js | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/archive.api.js b/server/archive.api.js
index 6302e3041..73ec2f170 100644
--- a/server/archive.api.js
+++ b/server/archive.api.js
@@ -2,29 +2,38 @@ const HomebrewModel = require('./homebrew.model.js').model;
 const router = require('express').Router();
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 
-
 const archive = {
-    archiveApi : router,
+    archiveApi: router,
     /* Searches for matching title, also attempts to partial match */
-    findBrews  : async (req, res, next) => {
+    findBrews: async (req, res, next) => {
         try {
-          const brews = await HomebrewModel.find({
-            title: { $regex: req.params.query, $options: 'i' },
-            published: true
-          }).exec();
-      
-          if (!brews || brews.length === 0) {
-            // No published documents found with the given title
-            return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Published documents not found' });
-          }
-          return res.json(brews);
+            const limit = 3;
+            const brews = await HomebrewModel.find({
+                title: { $regex: req.params.query, $options: 'i' },
+                published: true
+            })
+            .limit(limit)
+            .exec();
+
+            if (!brews || brews.length === 0) {
+                // No published documents found with the given title
+                return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Published documents not found' });
+            }
+
+            let message = '';
+            if (brews.length === limit) {
+                // If the limit has been reached, include a message in the response
+                message = `You've reached the limit of ${limit} documents, you can try being more specific in your search.`;
+            }
+
+            return res.json({ brews, message });
         } catch (error) {
-          console.error(error);
-          return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal Server Error' });
+            console.error(error);
+            return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal Server Error' });
         }
     }
 }
+
 router.get('/archive/:query', asyncHandler(archive.findBrews));
 
-
-module.exports = router;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = router;