Search API

The Search API is middleware that verifies a JWT, validates it against Scigateway auth, and filters search results from OpenSearch based on user permissions before returning authorised data to the client.

A list of endpoints can be found in the OpenAPI spec at /docs.

JWT metadata

The API looks for the investigations tag in the decoded jwt metadata, it then uses this to apply a filter to the search results.

Example Request

After starting the stack with docker compose up

curl --request POST \
  --url http://127.0.0.1:8000/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwidXNlciI6InVzZXIxIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWUsImlhdCI6MTUxNjIzOTAyMiwiaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbnMiOlt7ImlkIjoiMTAxIn1dfQ.bHJcGR9CEzxnahv3PaSyNw9m2gScHg1NAnVXTZlTlBpnYMAdPpkeWEoOr2R55Sp3bA_t9tVYIM0ROgz3rmteyCbVhKCKG9vLbdFGvVtaGqPvEwLGM4ADw-cEZZU1WDLYGJwEW84tzvufMvlf9mLxNy3jrlfBA_bWFjZiDZz16Wb80v2kTlPZagoqJZvw4GUv4dxXlFFxp04ZqUQIxchpWUlvnNeGnsaUfoMmwbAqxOuyGSAAcYNRNhz_RNFWYybAR-pZp_lGYAiox1xUGG_7X2cJBe71JDsDvTXKTLx5xuFJd6-5Eb15JbbB1k3AV8UQOiozBd-AMBNI4LEJvtPIeRtruyp1PEwTE0nnmhQtZ6vl32zpkwYS5vLlx5WvPCQF0C8EizhAcLs224RM958EV0MKuOHKz-Jcx9oLeIzmhIDpr-B-Aox_qil-bKenJnQh6BStuZhFY7N13KxRr99dVrtQQ0LQpP6boavjywrHkDw62Mfbwl3UngzABpQC4MSj' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"query": {"bool": {"must": [{"match": {"title": "Investigation"}}]}}}'

The JSON query contains the OpenSearch query. The API acts as a pass-through, so it must match the OpenSearch specification here.

Example Response

The response is a standard Opensearch response:

{
  "took":4,
  "timed_out":false,
  "_shards":
  {
    "total":1,
    "successful":1,
    "skipped":0,
    "failed":0
  },
  "hits":
  {
    "total": 
    {
      "value":1,
      "relation":"eq"
    },
    "max_score":0.18232156,
    "hits":
    [
      {
        "_index":"my-index",
        "_id":"1",
        "_score":0.18232156,
        "_source":
        {
          "title":"Sample Investigation 1",
          "id":"101",
          "description":"Details about investigation 1",
          "user":"user1"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}