Search bar & requests to server

Search URL

The search button should make a request to the server. The request url will contain two key value pairs:

• q: the query string in the search bar input field (uri encoded)
• categories: the categories that have been selected (clicked) from the dropdown menu

Sample URL formats

• If no category has been selected, search for "beauty makeup":/search?q=beauty%20makeup&categories=
• Categories Health and Sports selected, search "vitamin supplements":/search?q=vitamin%20%supplements&categories=Health,Sports

Database calls

The server will handle the request and call the database based on the url parameters, by calling the dbHelpers "getSearchResults" method, passing:

• a categories array
• a string of keywords
• a callback on the results (an array of objects)