added live search for ContactForm.tsx

server/db/db.js

@@ -670,6 +670,20 @@ async function getConversationsForUser(user_id) {
   }
 }
 
+async function contactSuggestion(username) {
+  const query = `
+    SELECT username FROM accounts
+    WHERE LOWER(username) LIKE $1
+    LIMIT 5;
+  `;
+  try {
+    const result = await client.query(query, [`%${username.toLowerCase()}%`]);
+    return result.rows.map((row) => row.username);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error("Failed to fetch contact suggestions", e);
+    return [];
+  }
+}
 function getTime() {
   return new Date();
 }
@@ -692,4 +706,5 @@ module.exports = {
   addMemberToGroup,
   addMemberToGroupByUsername,
   getConversationsForUser,
+  contactSuggestion,
 };

server/server.js

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const {
   createGroup,
   addMemberToGroup,
   addMemberToGroupByUsername,
+  contactSuggestion,
 } = require("./db/db");
 const { extname } = require("node:path");
 
@@ -271,6 +272,28 @@ app.get("/api/chat/contacts", authorizeUser, async (req, res) => {
   return res.status(200).json(contacts);
 });
 
+app.get(
+  "/api/chat/contacts/suggestions/:contact",
+  authorizeUser,
+  async (req, res) => {
+    const contact = req.params.contact;
+    if (!contact) {
+      return res.status(401).json({
+        message: "contact not provided",
+      });
+    }
+    try {
+      const suggestions = await contactSuggestion(contact);
+      console.log(
+        `contacts suggestions for contact: ${contact}, suggestions: ${suggestions}`,
+      );
+      return res.status(200).json(suggestions);
+    } catch (e) {
+      res.status(500).json({ message: "Failed to get contact suggestions" });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
 app.get("/api/chat/messages/:contact", authorizeUser, async (req, res) => {
   if (!req.params.contact) {
     return res.status(400).json({ message: "Missing contact parameter" });