♻️(backend) improve code

- move search_type default logic into the schemas to
simplify the view
- add logs
- remove redundant ResourceServerAuthentication
this authentication_classes is already in ResourceServerMixin

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - 🐛(backend) fix missing index creation in 'index/' view
 - 🐛(backend) fix parallel test execution issues
+- 🐛(backend) fix search type value #68

src/backend/core/enums.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class SearchTypeEnum(str, Enum):
     """Search type options"""
 
     HYBRID = "hybrid"
-    FULL_TEXT = "full_text"
+    FULL_TEXT = "full-text"
 
 
 # Fields

src/backend/core/schemas.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from pydantic import (
 )
 
 from . import enums
-from .enums import SearchTypeEnum
+from .services.opensearch import check_hybrid_search_enabled
 
 
 class DocumentSchema(BaseModel):
@@ -119,7 +119,22 @@ class SearchQueryParametersSchema(BaseModel):
     order_by: Optional[Literal[enums.ORDER_BY_OPTIONS]] = Field(default=enums.RELEVANCE)
     order_direction: Optional[Literal["asc", "desc"]] = Field(default="desc")
     nb_results: Optional[conint(ge=1, le=300)] = Field(default=50)
-    search_type: Optional[SearchTypeEnum] = Field(default=None)
+    search_type: Optional[enums.SearchTypeEnum] = None
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def set_default_search_type(self):
+        """
+        Set default search_type dynamically.
+        If search_type is not provided, it will be set to hybrid if it is configured
+        and fall back on full text otherwise.
+        """
+        if self.search_type is None:
+            self.search_type = (
+                enums.SearchTypeEnum.HYBRID
+                if check_hybrid_search_enabled()
+                else enums.SearchTypeEnum.FULL_TEXT
+            )
+        return self
 
 
 class DeleteDocumentsSchema(BaseModel):

src/backend/core/tests/test_api_documents_search.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_api_documents_search_opensearch_env_variables_not_set(settings):
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_api_documents_search_query_unknown_user(settings):
-    """Searching a document without an existing user should result in a 401 error"""
+    """Searching a document without an existing user should result in a 400 error"""
     setup_oicd_resource_server(
         responses,
         settings,

src/backend/core/views.py

@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 from . import schemas
 from .authentication import ServiceTokenAuthentication
-from .enums import SearchTypeEnum
 from .permissions import IsAuthAuthenticated
 from .services.indexing import (
     ensure_index_exists,
     get_opensearch_indices,
     prepare_document_for_indexing,
 )
-from .services.opensearch import check_hybrid_search_enabled, opensearch_client
+from .services.opensearch import opensearch_client
 from .services.search import search
 from .utils import get_language_value
 
@@ -306,7 +305,6 @@ class SearchDocumentView(ResourceServerMixin, views.APIView):
         - The search results can be sorted or filtered via querystring parameters.
     """
 
-    authentication_classes = [ResourceServerAuthentication]
     permission_classes = [IsAuthAuthenticated]
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -365,7 +363,13 @@ class SearchDocumentView(ResourceServerMixin, views.APIView):
         audience = self._get_service_provider_audience()
         user_sub = self.request.user.sub
         groups = []
-        params = schemas.SearchQueryParametersSchema(**request.data)
+
+        try:
+            params = schemas.SearchQueryParametersSchema(**request.data)
+        except PydanticValidationError as excpt:
+            errors = {error["loc"][0]: error["msg"] for error in excpt.errors()}
+            logger.error("Validation error: %s", errors)
+            raise excpt
 
         # Get index list for search query
         try:
@@ -390,11 +394,7 @@ class SearchDocumentView(ResourceServerMixin, views.APIView):
             groups=groups,
             tags=params.tags,
             path=params.path,
-            search_type=params.search_type
-            if params.search_type
-            else SearchTypeEnum.HYBRID
-            if check_hybrid_search_enabled()
-            else SearchTypeEnum.FULL_TEXT,
+            search_type=params.search_type,
         )["hits"]["hits"]
         logger.info("found %d results", len(result))
         logger.debug("results %s", result)

src/backend/pyproject.toml

@@ -23,31 +23,31 @@ description = "An application to print markdown to pdf from a set of managed tem
 keywords = ["Django", "Contacts", "Templates", "RBAC"]
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = "~=3.14.3"
+requires-python = "~=3.12.0"
 dependencies = [
     "celery[redis]==5.6.2",
     "django-configurations==2.5.1",
     "django-cors-headers==4.9.0",
-    "redis==7.3.0",
+    "redis==5.3.1",
     "django-redis==6.0.0",
-    "django==6.0.3",
-    "django-lasuite[all]==0.0.25",
+    "django==5.2.12",
+    "django-lasuite[all]==0.0.22",
     "djangorestframework==3.16.1",
     "drf_spectacular==0.29.0",
-    "dockerflow==2026.3.4",
+    "dockerflow==2024.4.2",
     "factory_boy==3.3.3",
-    "gunicorn==25.1.0",
+    "gunicorn==23.0.0",
     "py3langid==0.3.0",
-    "langchain-text-splitters==1.1.1",
+    "langchain-text-splitters==1.1.0",
     "mozilla-django-oidc==5.0.2",
-    "psycopg[binary]==3.3.3",
+    "psycopg[binary]==3.3.2",
     "pydantic==2.12.5",
     "pyjwt==2.10.1",
     "requests==2.32.5",
-    "sentry-sdk==2.54.0",
+    "sentry-sdk==2.48.0",
     "url-normalize==2.2.1",
     "opensearch-py==3.1.0",
-    "whitenoise==6.12.0",
+    "whitenoise==6.11.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -59,21 +59,21 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "django-extensions==4.1",
-    "drf-spectacular-sidecar==2026.3.1",
-    "faker==40.11.0",
+    "drf-spectacular-sidecar==2026.1.1",
+    "faker==40.1.0",
     "ipdb==0.13.13",
-    "ipython==9.11.0",
-    "pyfakefs==6.1.5",
+    "ipython==9.8.0",
+    "pyfakefs==6.0.0",
     "pylint-django==2.7.0",
-    "pylint==4.0.5",
+    "pylint==4.0.4",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
-    "pytest-django==4.12.0",
+    "pytest-django==4.11.1",
     "pytest==9.0.2",
     "pytest-icdiff==0.9",
     "pytest-xdist==3.8.0",
-    "responses==0.26.0",
-    "ruff==0.15.6",
-    "types-requests==2.32.4.20260107",
+    "responses==0.25.8",
+    "ruff==0.14.10",
+    "types-requests==2.32.4.20250913",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]