[FEAT] HELP CENTER - SEARCH ARTICLE(s).

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Description

This page serves as the central hub for our help center, providing users with access to a wealth of informative articles. With its intuitive search functionality, users can easily find the articles they need to address their questions or concerns. Additionally, the help center page implements rate limiting on its search endpoints.

Acceptance Criteria

• Articles can be searched for.
• Rate limiting is set on search endpoints.

Purpose

Users can search for articles by titles / topics.

Requirements

• [ ] Articles can be searched for.
• [ ] Rate limiting is set.

Endpoints

[GET] /api/v1/topics/search?title={title}

Description

• Will accept query parameters that would be used to filter the result based on the passed title

Successful Response

Status code: 200

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status_code": 200
  "topics": [
    {
      "article_id": "int",
      "title": "string",
      "content": "string"
    }
    ...
  ]
}

Error Response

Status code: 404

No article matches the title search param.

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "string",
  "status_code": 404
}

Status code: 429

Too many requests, Rate limit reached.

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "string",
  "status_code": 429
}

Status code: 500

Internal Server Error

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "string",
  "status_code": 500
}

Database Schema

Table name: articles_table

- article_id:
  - constraints: string(uuid), unique, primary-key, not null
- title:
  - constraints: string, unique, not null, text
- content:
  - constraints: string, not null, text
- createdAt:
  - constraints: datetime
- updatedAt:
  - constraints: datetime

Database diagram

Database image

Testing

1. Unit Tests

• The system should have unit tests covering rate limit check.
• The return data for the query param in /api/v1/topics matches the documentation.

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