added backend server search functionality with unit tests

# Conflicts:
#	server/src/test/java/server/api/RecipeControllerTest.java

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);
+
+    }
+
+
+
 }