Search: Always send specified kind in sql searcher (#70376)

Co-authored-by: Tobias Skarhed <tobias.skarhed@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ashley Harrison <ashley.harrison@grafana.com>

public/app/features/search/service/sql.test.ts

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ jest.spyOn(backendSrv, 'fetch');
 describe('SQLSearcher', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     searchMock.mockReset();
+    searchMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
   });
+
   it('should call search api with correct query for general folder', async () => {
-    searchMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
     const sqlSearcher = new SQLSearcher();
     const query = {
       query: '*',
@@ -31,9 +32,7 @@ describe('SQLSearcher', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should call search api with correct query based on its kinds', async () => {
+  it('should call search api with correct folder kind when searching for *', async () => {
-    searchMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
-
     const sqlSearcher = new SQLSearcher();
 
     const query = {
@@ -52,29 +51,34 @@ describe('SQLSearcher', () => {
       type: DashboardSearchItemType.DashFolder,
       folderIds: [0],
     });
+  });
 
-    searchMock.mockClear();
+  it('should call search api with correct folder kind when searching for a specific term', async () => {
+    const sqlSearcher = new SQLSearcher();
 
-    const query2 = {
+    const query = {
       query: 'test',
       kind: ['folder'],
       location: 'any',
       sort: 'name_sort',
     };
 
-    await sqlSearcher.search(query2);
+    await sqlSearcher.search(query);
 
     expect(searchMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('/api/search', {
       limit: 1000,
-      sort: query2.sort,
+      sort: query.sort,
-      query: query2.query,
+      query: query.query,
       tag: undefined,
+      type: DashboardSearchItemType.DashFolder,
       folderIds: [0],
     });
+  });
 
-    searchMock.mockClear();
+  it('should call search api with correct folder kind when searching with a specific uid', async () => {
+    const sqlSearcher = new SQLSearcher();
 
-    const query3 = {
+    const query = {
       query: 'test',
       kind: ['folder'],
       location: 'any',
@@ -82,25 +86,23 @@ describe('SQLSearcher', () => {
       uid: ['T202C0Tnk'],
     };
 
-    await sqlSearcher.search(query3);
+    await sqlSearcher.search(query);
 
     expect(searchMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('/api/search', {
       limit: 1000,
-      sort: query3.sort,
+      sort: query.sort,
-      query: query3.query,
+      query: query.query,
       tag: undefined,
-      dashboardUID: query3.uid,
+      dashboardUID: query.uid,
+      type: DashboardSearchItemType.DashFolder,
     });
   });
 
   it('starred should call search api with correct query', async () => {
-    searchMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
-
     const sqlSearcher = new SQLSearcher();
 
     const query = {
       query: 'test',
-      kind: ['folder'],
       location: 'any',
       sort: 'name_sort',
       uid: ['T202C0Tnk'],
@@ -126,7 +128,6 @@ describe('SQLSearcher', () => {
       { from: 50, expectedPage: 2 },
       { from: 150, expectedPage: 4 },
     ])('should search page $expectedPage when skipping $from results', async ({ from, expectedPage }) => {
-      searchMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
       const sqlSearcher = new SQLSearcher();
 
       await sqlSearcher.search({

public/app/features/search/service/sql.ts

@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ export class SQLSearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
   private async composeQuery(apiQuery: APIQuery, searchOptions: SearchQuery): Promise<APIQuery> {
     const query = await replaceCurrentFolderQuery(searchOptions);
 
-    if (query.query === '*') {
+    if (query.query?.length && query.query !== '*') {
-      if (query.kind?.length === 1 && TYPE_KIND_MAP[query.kind[0]]) {
-        apiQuery.type = TYPE_KIND_MAP[query.kind[0]];
-      }
-    } else if (query.query?.length) {
       apiQuery.query = query.query;
     }
 
+    // search v1 supports only one kind
+    if (query.kind?.length === 1 && TYPE_KIND_MAP[query.kind[0]]) {
+      apiQuery.type = TYPE_KIND_MAP[query.kind[0]];
+    }
+
     if (query.uid) {
       apiQuery.dashboardUID = query.uid;
     } else if (query.location?.length) {