From 2192978f91879ae620b6a7b1622aef64b820636c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keredu <luiscortesferre@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 00:12:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Limit on /search is not deterministic

---
 apps/api/src/controllers/search.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/search.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/search.ts
index d98c08d..a73c625 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/search.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/search.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ export async function searchHelper(
 
   const tbs = searchOptions.tbs ?? null;
   const filter = searchOptions.filter ?? null;
+  const num_results = searchOptions.limit ?? 7;
+  const num_results_buffer = Math.floor(num_results * 1.5);
 
   let res = await search({
     query: query,
     advanced: advanced,
-    num_results: searchOptions.limit ?? 7,
+    num_results: num_results_buffer,
     tbs: tbs,
     filter: filter,
     lang: searchOptions.lang ?? "en",
@@ -47,6 +49,9 @@ export async function searchHelper(
   }
 
   res = res.filter((r) => !isUrlBlocked(r.url));
+  if (res.length > num_results) {
+    res = res.slice(0, num_results);
+  }
 
   if (res.length === 0) {
     return { success: true, error: "No search results found", returnCode: 200 };