Show warning for search requests without valid search context (#2114)

gradle/changelog/invalid_search_context.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Show warning message for invalid search requests ([#2114](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/2114))

scm-ui/ui-api/src/search.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ const findLink = (links: Link[], name: string) => {
       return l.href;
     }
   }
-  throw new Error(`could not find search link for ${name}`);
 };
 
 const useSearchLinks = (options?: SearchOptions): SearchLinks => {
@@ -105,11 +104,11 @@ const useSearchLinks = (options?: SearchOptions): SearchLinks => {
   );
 
   if (options?.repositoryNameContext) {
-    return { links: repo?._links["search"] as Link[], isLoading: repoLoading };
+    return { links: (repo?._links["search"] as Link[]) || [], isLoading: repoLoading };
   }
 
   if (options?.namespaceContext) {
-    return { links: namespace?._links["search"] as Link[], isLoading: namespaceLoading };
+    return { links: (namespace?._links["search"] as Link[]) || [], isLoading: namespaceLoading };
   }
 
   const searchLinks = links["search"];

scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/de/commons.json

@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
     "types": "Ergebnisse",
     "noHits": "Keine Ergebnisse gefunden. Auf der rechten Seite finden Sie weitere Kategorien, in denen Ergebnisse vorhanden sein könnten",
     "syntaxHelp": "Finden Sie bessere Ergebnisse durch die Nutzung der vollen <0>Such-Syntax</0>",
+    "invalid": "Ihre Suchanfrage ist ungültig. Bitte verwenden Sie einen gültigen Suchkontext.",
     "quickSearch": {
       "resultHeading": "Hilfe beim Suchen?",
       "parseError": "Der Suchstring is ungültig.",

scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/en/commons.json

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
     "types": "Results",
     "noHits": "No results found. On the right side you will find other categories where results might be available",
     "syntaxHelp": "Find better results by using the full <0>search syntax</0>",
+    "invalid": "Your search request is invalid. Please be sure to use a valid search context.",
     "quickSearch": {
       "resultHeading": "Need help?",
       "parseError": "Failed to parse query.",

scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/Search.tsx

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns,
   Level,
   NavLink,
+  Notification,
   Page,
   PrimaryContentColumn,
   SecondaryNavigation,
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ const usePageParams = () => {
   const location = useLocation();
   const { type: selectedType, ...params } = useParams<PathParams>();
   const page = urls.getPageFromMatch({ params });
-  const query = urls.getQueryStringFromLocation(location);
+  const query = urls.getQueryStringFromLocation(location) || "";
   const namespace = urls.getValueStringFromLocationByKey(location, "namespace");
   const name = urls.getValueStringFromLocationByKey(location, "name");
   return {
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ const SearchSubTitle: FC<Props> = ({ selectedType, query }) => {
   );
 };
 
+const InvalidSearch: FC = () => {
+  const [t] = useTranslation("commons");
+  return <Notification type="warning">{t("search.invalid")}</Notification>;
+};
+
 const Search: FC = () => {
   const [t] = useTranslation(["commons", "plugins"]);
   const [showHelp, setShowHelp] = useState(false);
@@ -220,7 +226,9 @@ const Search: FC = () => {
             )}
           </SecondaryNavigation>
         </CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns>
-      ) : null}
+      ) : (
+        <InvalidSearch />
+      )}
     </Page>
   );
 };