Implement search bar backend

aleksis/core/mixins.py

@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ class ExtensibleModel(CRUDMixin):
         - Dominik George <dominik.george@teckids.org>
     """
 
+    # Defines a material design icon associated with this type of model
+    icon_ = "radio_button_unchecked"
+
+    def get_absolute_url(self) -> str:
+        """ Get the URL o a view representing this model instance """
+        pass
+
     @property
     def crud_event_create(self) -> Optional[CRUDEvent]:
         """ Return create event of this object """

aleksis/core/models.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.forms.widgets import Media
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from image_cropping import ImageCropField, ImageRatioField
@@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ class Person(ExtensibleModel):
 
     primary_group = models.ForeignKey("Group", models.SET_NULL, null=True, blank=True)
 
+    def get_absolute_url(self) -> str:
+        return reverse("person_by_id", args=[self.id])
+
     @property
     def primary_group_short_name(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """ Returns the short_name field of the primary
@@ -237,6 +241,9 @@ class Group(ExtensibleModel):
         blank=True,
     )
 
+    def get_absolute_url(self) -> str:
+        return reverse("group_by_id", args=[self.id])
+
     @property
     def announcement_recipients(self):
         return list(self.members.all()) + list(self.owners.all())

aleksis/core/templates/search/searchbar_snippet.html

+<a href="{{ result.object.get_absolute_url|default:"#" }}" class="collection-item">
+  <span class="secondary-content">
+    <i class="material-icons">{{ result.object.icon }}</i>
+  </span>
+  {{ result.object }}
+</a>
+  
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aleksis/core/templates/search/searchbar_snippets.html

+<div class="collection">
+  {% for result in results %}
+    {% include "search/searchbar_snippet.html" %}
+  {% endfor %}
+</div>

aleksis/core/urls.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("announcement/create/", views.announcement_form, name="add_announcement"),
     path("announcement/edit/<int:pk>/", views.announcement_form, name="edit_announcement"),
     path("announcement/delete/<int:pk>/", views.delete_announcement, name="delete_announcement"),
+    path("search/searchbar/", views.searchbar_snippets, name="searchbar_snippets"),
     path("maintenance-mode/", include("maintenance_mode.urls")),
     path("impersonate/", include("impersonate.urls")),
     path("__i18n__/", include("django.conf.urls.i18n")),

aleksis/core/views.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from django_tables2 import RequestConfig
+from haystack.query import SearchQuerySet
 
 from .decorators import admin_required, person_required
 from .forms import (
@@ -320,3 +321,14 @@ def delete_announcement(request: HttpRequest, pk: int) -> HttpResponse:
         messages.success(request, _("The announcement has been deleted."))
 
     return redirect("announcements")
+
+
+@login_required
+def searchbar_snippets(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
+    query = request.GET.get('q', '')
+    limit = int(request.GET.get('limit', '5'))
+
+    results = SearchQuerySet().autocomplete(text=query)[:limit]
+    context = {"results": results}
+
+    return render(request, "search/searchbar_snippets.html", context)