From 6798b638b0349948393170ffccc75902169ab358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aabhinavvvvvvv <abhinavguptaxia9213@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 21:17:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add cell name search to GET /api/cell/ endpoint

---
 backend/api/models/cell.py    |  5 ++++-
 backend/api/resources/cell.py |  5 ++++-
 backend/tests/test_cell.py    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/api/models/cell.py b/backend/api/models/cell.py
index 7ccf1833..adca867e 100644
--- a/backend/api/models/cell.py
+++ b/backend/api/models/cell.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from ..models import db
 
-
 """"This is the reference; we stole this from commenter
 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5756559/how-to-build-many-to-many-relations-using-sqlalchemy-a-good-example"""
 
@@ -81,6 +80,10 @@ def get(id):
     def find_by_name(name):
         return Cell.query.filter_by(name=name).first()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def search_by_name(pattern):
+        return Cell.query.filter(Cell.name.ilike(f"%{pattern}%")).all()
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_cells_by_user_id(id):
         """Get cells that a user has access to via the cell_user relationship"""
diff --git a/backend/api/resources/cell.py b/backend/api/resources/cell.py
index 6a6dacd4..2edd6502 100644
--- a/backend/api/resources/cell.py
+++ b/backend/api/resources/cell.py
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ def get(self, user):
         userCells = json_data.get("user")
         tag_ids = json_data.get("tags")  # Comma-separated tag IDs: "1,2,3"
         category = json_data.get("category")  # Filter by tag category
+        name = json_data.get("name")  # Search by name substring
 
         # Base query
-        if userCells:
+        if name:
+            cells = CellModel.search_by_name(name)
+        elif userCells:
             cells = CellModel.get_cells_by_user_id(user.id)
         else:
             cells = CellModel.get_all()
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_cell.py b/backend/tests/test_cell.py
index 5597825b..cdfc6a16 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_cell.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_cell.py
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 from api.models.user import User
+from api.models.cell import Cell
+
+
+def test_cell_search_by_name(setup_cells):
+    """
+    GIVEN cells exist in the database
+    WHEN searching cells by name pattern
+    THEN only cells whose names match the pattern are returned
+    """
+    results = Cell.search_by_name("cell")
+    assert len(results) == 2
+
+    results = Cell.search_by_name("cell_1")
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0].name == "cell_1"
+
+    results = Cell.search_by_name("nonexistent")
+    assert len(results) == 0
 
 
 def test_cell_post_returns_id_and_name(init_database):