URL Mapping

Search Results Page URL Management

When a search is performed (either by submitting the search form or clicking a non-redirect keyword), the user is taken to the search results page. The state of the search (query, filters, pagination, etc.) is reflected in the URL's query parameters.

URL Structure

The search results page URL is managed by a set of utility functions in src/mapping/url/. The URL is constructed with the following parameters:

• q: The search query.

• p: The current page number (omitted for the first page).

• size: The number of results per page.

• filter.*: Applied filters (e.g., filter.brand=Nike).

• sort: The selected sorting option.

How It Works

1. State Management: The SearchQueryHandler component (src/components/SearchQueryHandler/SearchQueryHandler.tsx) is responsible for synchronizing the application's search state with the URL.

2. URL Updates: It uses the updateUrl function (src/mapping/url/updateUrl.ts) to serialize the current search state into URL parameters and update the browser's history using window.history.replaceState.

3. Initial State: On page load, the getCurrentUrlState function (src/mapping/url/getCurrentUrlState.ts) deserializes the parameters from the URL to initialize the search state. This ensures that a user can share a URL, and it will load the same search results.

Example

A search for "shoes" on the second page with a filter for the brand "Nike" would result in a URL like this:

/search?q=shoes&p=2&filter.brand=Nike