Problems finding GitLab repositories using search

[dm-murphy]

Summary

This issues highlights some problem areas using the "Search for Project Repository" after logging in with GitLab on https://badging.chaoss.community/badge

Major problems

1. No pagination - search is only returning first page of results and no pagination preventing full list of repositories from appearing
2. No exact match prioritization - search does not have exact match prioritization preventing search for exact repository

Minor annoyances

3. No repeat search - after entering in the search box the search cannot be used again and no results appear in the dropdown
4. Spaces required between slashes - when searching for a path directory a space is required before and after slashes. (E.g. GitLab.org / gitlab works but GitLab.org/gitlab brings up nothing)

Source code links relevant for 1 & 2 above:

• Code fetching the repos: https://github.com/badging/BadgingAPI/blob/28fcabd6aeb4efd8c1accf9415fb5d4465ad1db9/providers/gitlab/APICalls.js#L45
• OAuth flow: https://github.com/badging/BadgingAPI/blob/28fcabd6aeb4efd8c1accf9415fb5d4465ad1db9/providers/gitlab/auth.js#L68
• Call for repos scan: https://github.com/badging/BadgingAPI/blob/28fcabd6aeb4efd8c1accf9415fb5d4465ad1db9/providers/gitlab/auth.js#L101

Notes

Per @zillemarco: "The list of repo is fetched right after the user logged id and an access token was retrieved. After the OAuth generated a token, it scans the repos with the token and returns that back to the frontend."