A search box sends what the user typed as a query parameter, often named q (for query): /products?q=no. The shop answers the products whose name contains that text, anywhere in the name.
In Java, contains checks whether one String is part of another. It is case-sensitive, so a capital letter doesn't match a small one. Turn both sides to lowercase with toLowerCase() and the case stops mattering:
String city = "Paris";
System.out.println(city.contains("ar")); // true
System.out.println(city.contains("PA")); // false: "PA" is not "Pa"
System.out.println(city.toLowerCase().contains("PA".toLowerCase())); // true: "paris" contains "pa"
The search is a third optional filter in GET /products, next to max_price and category. getProducts already takes String q, which is null when the URL has no q. A product is added only when it passes all three filters, and sort still orders what is left. Finding nothing is not an error: the answer is an empty list. The lists below show product names only.
GET /products?q=no → 200 [Notebook] GET /products?q=NO → 200 [Notebook] GET /products?q=m → 200 [Mug, Lamp] GET /products?q=e&sort=price → 200 [Pen, Notebook] GET /products?q=p&category=office → 200 [Pen] GET /products?q=chair → 200 [] GET /products → 200 [Mug, Notebook, Lamp, Pen]
Your task: in getProducts, keep only the products whose name contains q, ignoring case.
Assignment
Follow the Coding Tutorial to add a search filter to GET /products.
Hint
Put the new if inside the category check, below name, and add the product to result inside it. When q is null, the check must let every product through.
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