Lookup building by name or acronym

Controllers/BuildingController.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using FuzzySharp;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using SimpleWebAppReact.Entities;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -23,32 +24,37 @@
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// gets buildings, with optional query parameters
+        /// gets buildings using an approximate search
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name"></param>
-        /// <param name="address"></param>
+        /// <param name="query"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpGet]
-        public async Task<IEnumerable<Building>> Get([FromQuery] string? name = null, [FromQuery] string? address = null)
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<Building>> Get([FromQuery] string? query = null)
         {
-            // Build the filter using a filter builder
-            var filterBuilder = Builders<Building>.Filter;
-            var filter = FilterDefinition<Building>.Empty;
-
-            // Apply the name filter if the parameter is provided
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
+            int FuzzScore(Building building)
             {
-                filter &= filterBuilder.Eq(b => b.Name, name);
+                return Math.Max(
+                    building.Name == null ? 0 : Fuzz.Ratio(query, building.Name),
+                    building.Acronym == null ? 0 : Fuzz.Ratio(query, building.Acronym)
+                );
             }
 
-            // Apply the address filter if the parameter is provided
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(address))
+            var filter = FilterDefinition<Building>.Empty;
+            var buildings = await _buildings.Find(filter).ToListAsync();
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(query))
             {
-                filter &= filterBuilder.Eq(b => b.Address, address);
+                buildings.Sort((b1, b2) =>
+                {
+                    var s1 = FuzzScore(b1);
+                    var s2 = FuzzScore(b2);
+
+                    // Sort descending
+                    return -s1.CompareTo(s2);
+                });
             }
 
-            // Fetch the buildings from the database using the filter
-            return await _buildings.Find(filter).ToListAsync();
+            return buildings;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@
         /// <param name="id"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpGet("{id}")]
         public async Task<ActionResult<Building?>> GetById(string id)
         {
             // Simple validation to check if the ID is not null
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(id))
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@
         [HttpPost]
         public async Task<ActionResult> Post(Building building)
         {
             await _buildings.InsertOneAsync(building);
             return CreatedAtAction(nameof(GetById), new { id = building.Id }, building);
 
         }
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@
         public async Task<ActionResult> Update(Building building)
         {
             var filter = Builders<Building>.Filter.Eq(x => x.Id, building.Id);
             await _buildings.ReplaceOneAsync(filter, building);
             return Ok();
         }
 

Entities/Building.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ public class Building
     [BsonElement("name"), BsonRepresentation(BsonType.String)]
     public string? Name { get; set; }
 
+    [BsonElement("acronym"), BsonRepresentation(BsonType.String)]
+    public string? Acronym { get; set; }
+
     [BsonElement("address"), BsonRepresentation(BsonType.String)]
     public string? Address { get; set; }
 }

SimpleWebAppReact.csproj

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="FuzzySharp" Version="2.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="6.0.33" />
     <PackageReference Include="MongoDB.Driver" Version="2.28.0" />