server/AyaNova/Controllers/SearchController.cs

@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Post search parameters
-        /// 
-        /// Required roles: Any
+        /// Required roles: Any 
+        /// MaxResults defaults to 500 
+        /// MaxResults = 0 returns all results 
+        /// There is no paging as this is a dynamic response 
         /// 
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="searchParams"></param>
@@ -69,29 +71,6 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             var SearchResults = await Search.DoSearch(ct, UserLocaleIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), UserRolesFromContext.Roles(HttpContext.Items), searchParams);
 
             return Ok(new ApiOkResponse(SearchResults));
-
-            // if (o == null)
-            // {
-            //     //error return
-            //     return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
-            // }
-            // else
-            // {
-
-            //     //save to get Id
-            //     await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
-
-            //     //Log now that we have the Id
-            //     EventLogProcessor.AddEntry(new Event(biz.userId, o.Id, AyaType.Widget, AyaEvent.Created), ct);
-            //     await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
-
-            //     //this will save the context as part of it's operations
-            //     Search.ProcessNewObjectKeywords(ct, UserLocaleIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), o.Id, AyaType.Widget, o.Name, o.Notes, o.Name);
-
-
-            //     //return success and link
-            //     return CreatedAtAction("GetWidget", new { id = o.Id }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
-            // }
         }
 
 

server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         /*
         ISSUES:
            none at the moment
+           This is pretty fast so going to put a pin in it for now and if required later can sort it out.
 
         
          */
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             public bool NameOnly { get; set; }
             public AyaType TypeOnly { get; set; }
             public List<long> Tags { get; set; }
+            //Note: maxresults of 0 will get all results
             public int MaxResults { get; set; }
 
             public SearchRequestParameters()
@@ -318,7 +320,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //MAXIMUM RESULTS FILTER
             //The theory is that it should be filtered BEFORE sorting so that you get the most random collection of results
             //As the results are not ranked so...
-            MatchingObjects=MatchingObjects.Take(searchParameters.MaxResults).ToList();
+            if (searchParameters.MaxResults > 0)//0 = all results
+                MatchingObjects = MatchingObjects.Take(searchParameters.MaxResults).ToList();
 
             //Sort and group the matching objects list in return order
             //Customer.OrderBy(c => c.LastName).ThenBy(c => c.FirstName)