Cleanup the search people API method

API/Controllers/PersonController.cs

@@ -48,10 +48,15 @@ public class PersonController : BaseApiController
         return Ok(await _unitOfWork.PersonRepository.GetPersonDtoByName(name, User.GetUserId()));
     }
 
-    [HttpGet("search-people")]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<List<PersonDto>>> SearchPeople([FromQuery] string name)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Find a person by name or alias against a query string
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="queryString"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    [HttpGet("search")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<List<PersonDto>>> SearchPeople([FromQuery] string queryString)
     {
-        var people = await _unitOfWork.PersonRepository.SearchPeople(name);
+        var people = await _unitOfWork.PersonRepository.SearchPeople(queryString);
         return Ok(people.Select(person => _mapper.Map<PersonDto>(person)).ToList());
     }
 

API/Data/Repositories/PersonRepository.cs

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public interface IPersonRepository
     Task<IList<Person>> GetPeopleByNames(List<string> normalizedNames, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases);
     Task<Person?> GetPersonByAniListId(int aniListId, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases);
 
-    Task<IList<Person>> SearchPeople(string query, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases);
+    Task<IList<Person>> SearchPeople(string searchQuery, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases);
 }
 
 public class PersonRepository : IPersonRepository
@@ -305,12 +305,14 @@ public class PersonRepository : IPersonRepository
             .FirstOrDefaultAsync();
     }
 
-    public async Task<IList<Person>> SearchPeople(string query, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases)
+    public async Task<IList<Person>> SearchPeople(string searchQuery, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases)
     {
+        searchQuery = searchQuery.ToNormalized();
+
         return await _context.Person
             .Includes(includes)
-            .Where(p => EF.Functions.Like(p.Name, $"%{query}%")
-            || p.Aliases.Any(pa => EF.Functions.Like(pa.Alias, $"%{query}%")))
+            .Where(p => EF.Functions.Like(p.Name, $"%{searchQuery}%")
+            || p.Aliases.Any(pa => EF.Functions.Like(pa.Alias, $"%{searchQuery}%")))
             .ToListAsync();
     }
 

UI/Web/src/app/_services/person.service.ts

@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import {HttpClient, HttpParams} from "@angular/common/http";
 import {environment} from "../../environments/environment";
 import {Person, PersonRole} from "../_models/metadata/person";
-import {SeriesFilterV2} from "../_models/metadata/v2/series-filter-v2";
 import {PaginatedResult} from "../_models/pagination";
 import {Series} from "../_models/series";
 import {map} from "rxjs/operators";
 import {UtilityService} from "../shared/_services/utility.service";
 import {BrowsePerson} from "../_models/person/browse-person";
-import {Chapter} from "../_models/chapter";
 import {StandaloneChapter} from "../_models/standalone-chapter";
 import {TextResonse} from "../_types/text-response";
-import {al} from "@angular/router/router_module.d-6zbCxc1T";
 
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root'
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ export class PersonService {
   }
 
   searchPerson(name: string) {
-    return this.httpClient.get<Array<Person>>(this.baseUrl + `person/search-people?name=${name}`);
+    return this.httpClient.get<Array<Person>>(this.baseUrl + `person/search?queryString=${encodeURIComponent(name)}`);
   }
 
   getRolesForPerson(personId: number) {

UI/Web/src/app/person-detail/_modal/edit-person-modal/edit-person-modal.component.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import {
   AsyncValidatorFn,
   FormControl,
   FormGroup,
-  ReactiveFormsModule, ValidationErrors,
+  ReactiveFormsModule,
+  ValidationErrors,
   Validators
 } from "@angular/forms";
 import {Person} from "../../../_models/metadata/person";
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import {SettingItemComponent} from "../../../settings/_components/setting-item/s
 import {AccountService} from "../../../_services/account.service";
 import {ToastrService} from "ngx-toastr";
 import {EditListComponent} from "../../../shared/edit-list/edit-list.component";
-import {al} from "@angular/router/router_module.d-6zbCxc1T";
 
 enum TabID {
   General = 'general-tab',

UI/Web/src/app/person-detail/_modal/merge-person-modal/merge-person-modal.component.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export class MergePersonModalComponent implements OnInit {
     }
     this.typeAheadSettings.fetchFn = (filter: string) => {
       if (filter.length == 0) return of([]);
+
       return this.personService.searchPerson(filter).pipe(map(people => {
         return people.filter(p => this.utilityService.filter(p.name, filter) && p.id != this.person.id);
       }));

UI/Web/src/app/person-detail/person-detail.component.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {ActivatedRoute, Router} from "@angular/router";
 import {PersonService} from "../_services/person.service";
-import {BehaviorSubject, EMPTY, Observable, of, switchMap, tap} from "rxjs";
+import {BehaviorSubject, EMPTY, Observable, switchMap, tap} from "rxjs";
 import {Person, PersonRole} from "../_models/metadata/person";
 import {AsyncPipe} from "@angular/common";
 import {ImageComponent} from "../shared/image/image.component";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SideNavCompanionBarComponent
 } from "../sidenav/_components/side-nav-companion-bar/side-nav-companion-bar.component";
 import {ReadMoreComponent} from "../shared/read-more/read-more.component";
-import {TagBadgeComponent, TagBadgeCursor} from "../shared/tag-badge/tag-badge.component";
+import {TagBadgeCursor} from "../shared/tag-badge/tag-badge.component";
 import {PersonRolePipe} from "../_pipes/person-role.pipe";
 import {CarouselReelComponent} from "../carousel/_components/carousel-reel/carousel-reel.component";
 import {FilterComparison} from "../_models/metadata/v2/filter-comparison";