fix(search): search case insensitive across all dbs

BREAKING CHANGE: Use ILike operator instead of Like. This changes the search behavior from case sensitive to case insensitive on dbs like postgres.

src/decorator.ts

@@ -9,31 +9,29 @@ export interface PaginateQuery {
     path: string
 }
 
-export const Paginate = createParamDecorator(
+export const Paginate = createParamDecorator((_data: unknown, ctx: ExecutionContext): PaginateQuery => {
-    (_data: unknown, ctx: ExecutionContext): PaginateQuery => {
+    const request: Request = ctx.switchToHttp().getRequest()
-        const request: Request = ctx.switchToHttp().getRequest()
+    const { query } = request
-        const { query } = request
+    const path = request.protocol + '://' + request.get('host') + request.baseUrl + request.path
-        const path = request.protocol + '://' + request.get('host') + request.baseUrl + request.path
 
-        const sortBy: [string, string][] = []
+    const sortBy: [string, string][] = []
-        if (query.sortBy) {
+    if (query.sortBy) {
-            const params = !Array.isArray(query.sortBy) ? [query.sortBy] : query.sortBy
+        const params = !Array.isArray(query.sortBy) ? [query.sortBy] : query.sortBy
-            for (const param of params as string[]) {
+        for (const param of params as string[]) {
-                if (typeof param === 'string') {
+            if (typeof param === 'string') {
-                    const items = param.split(':')
+                const items = param.split(':')
-                    if (items.length === 2) {
+                if (items.length === 2) {
-                        sortBy.push(items as [string, string])
+                    sortBy.push(items as [string, string])
-                    }
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        return {
-            page: query.page ? parseInt(query.page.toString(), 10) : undefined,
-            limit: query.limit ? parseInt(query.limit.toString(), 10) : undefined,
-            sortBy: sortBy.length ? sortBy : undefined,
-            search: query.search ? query.search.toString() : undefined,
-            path,
-        }
     }
-)
+
+    return {
+        page: query.page ? parseInt(query.page.toString(), 10) : undefined,
+        limit: query.limit ? parseInt(query.limit.toString(), 10) : undefined,
+        sortBy: sortBy.length ? sortBy : undefined,
+        search: query.search ? query.search.toString() : undefined,
+        path,
+    }
+})

src/paginate.spec.ts

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
             sortableColumns: ['id'],
             defaultLimit: 5,
-            maxLimit: 2
+            maxLimit: 2,
         }
         const query: PaginateQuery = {
             path: '',

src/paginate.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Repository, FindConditions, SelectQueryBuilder, Like, ObjectLiteral } from 'typeorm'
+import { Repository, FindConditions, SelectQueryBuilder, ObjectLiteral, ILike } from 'typeorm'
 import { PaginateQuery } from './decorator'
 import { ServiceUnavailableException } from '@nestjs/common'
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function paginate<T>(
     config: PaginateConfig<T>
 ): Promise<Paginated<T>> {
     let page = query.page || 1
-    const limit = Math.min(query.limit || config.defaultLimit || 20, config.maxLimit || 100);
+    const limit = Math.min(query.limit || config.defaultLimit || 20, config.maxLimit || 100)
     const sortBy = [] as SortBy<T>
     const search = query.search
     const path = query.path
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export async function paginate<T>(
     const where: ObjectLiteral[] = []
     if (search && config.searchableColumns) {
         for (const column of config.searchableColumns) {
-            where.push({ [column]: Like(`%${search}%`), ...config.where })
+            where.push({ [column]: ILike(`%${search}%`), ...config.where })
         }
     }