Unify projects search by removing /projects/:search endpoint

changelogs/unreleased/22007-unify-projects-search.yml

+---
+title: Unify projects search by removing /projects/:search endpoint
+merge_request: 8877
+author:

lib/api/projects.rb

@@ -151,22 +151,6 @@ module API
         present_projects Project.all, with: Entities::ProjectWithAccess, statistics: params[:statistics]
       end
 
-      desc 'Search for projects the current user has access to' do
-        success Entities::Project
-      end
-      params do
-        requires :query, type: String, desc: 'The project name to be searched'
-        use :sort_params
-        use :pagination
-      end
-      get "/search/:query", requirements: { query: /[^\/]+/ } do
-        search_service = Search::GlobalService.new(current_user, search: params[:query]).execute
-        projects = search_service.objects('projects', params[:page])
-        projects = projects.reorder(params[:order_by] => params[:sort])
-
-        present paginate(projects), with: Entities::Project
-      end
-
       desc 'Create new project' do
         success Entities::Project
       end

spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb

@@ -1085,52 +1085,6 @@ describe API::Projects, api: true  do
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'GET /projects/search/:query' do
-    let!(:query)            { 'query'}
-    let!(:search)           { create(:empty_project, name: query, creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
-    let!(:pre)              { create(:empty_project, name: "pre_#{query}", creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
-    let!(:post)             { create(:empty_project, name: "#{query}_post", creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
-    let!(:pre_post)         { create(:empty_project, name: "pre_#{query}_post", creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
-    let!(:unfound)          { create(:empty_project, name: 'unfound', creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
-    let!(:internal)         { create(:empty_project, :internal, name: "internal #{query}") }
-    let!(:unfound_internal) { create(:empty_project, :internal, name: 'unfound internal') }
-    let!(:public)           { create(:empty_project, :public, name: "public #{query}") }
-    let!(:unfound_public)   { create(:empty_project, :public, name: 'unfound public') }
-    let!(:one_dot_two)      { create(:empty_project, :public, name: "one.dot.two") }
-
-    shared_examples_for 'project search response' do |args = {}|
-      it 'returns project search responses' do
-        get api("/projects/search/#{args[:query]}", current_user)
-
-        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-        expect(json_response).to be_an Array
-        expect(json_response.size).to eq(args[:results])
-        json_response.each { |project| expect(project['name']).to match(args[:match_regex] || /.*#{args[:query]}.*/) }
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when unauthenticated' do
-      it_behaves_like 'project search response', query: 'query', results: 1 do
-        let(:current_user) { nil }
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when authenticated' do
-      it_behaves_like 'project search response', query: 'query', results: 6 do
-        let(:current_user) { user }
-      end
-      it_behaves_like 'project search response', query: 'one.dot.two', results: 1 do
-        let(:current_user) { user }
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when authenticated as a different user' do
-      it_behaves_like 'project search response', query: 'query', results: 2, match_regex: /(internal|public) query/ do
-        let(:current_user) { user2 }
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   describe 'PUT /projects/:id' do
     before { project }
     before { user }