From eb5aedbe9143940d95942c39c37c7cf586c794f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rithvik Sriram <r.sriram-1@student.tudelft.nl>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:12:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added backend server search functionality with unit tests

# Conflicts:
#	server/src/test/java/server/api/RecipeControllerTest.java
---
 .../java/server/api/RecipeController.java     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java b/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java
index 37a2a78..52fc593 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java
@@ -120,4 +120,27 @@ public class RecipeController {
         messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(Topics.RECIPES, new DeleteRecipeMessage(id)); // Send to WS.
         return ResponseEntity.ok(true);
     }
+
+    public ResponseEntity<List<Recipe>> getRecipes(
+            @RequestParam(required = false) String search,
+            @RequestParam(required = false) Integer limit){
+
+        List<Recipe> recipes = recipeRepository.findAll();
+
+        if(search != null && !search.trim().isEmpty()){
+            String lowercaseSearch = search.toLowerCase();
+            recipes = recipes.stream().filter(recipe -> recipe.getName()
+                    .toLowerCase()
+                    .contains(lowercaseSearch))
+                    .toList();
+        }
+        if(limit != null && limit<recipes.size()){
+            recipes = recipes.stream().limit(limit).toList();
+        }
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(recipes);
+
+    }
+
+
+
 }