Allow the webapp to startup with an initial search query.

asl_rulebook2/webapp/startup.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def init_webapp():
 def get_app_config():
     """Return the app config."""
     result = {}
-    for key in [ "DISABLE_AUTO_SHOW_RULE_INFO" ]:
+    for key in [ "INITIAL_QUERY_STRING", "DISABLE_AUTO_SHOW_RULE_INFO" ]:
         val = app.config.get( key )
         if val is not None:
             result[ key ] = parse_int( val, val )

asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchPane.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { gMainApp, gEventBus } from "./MainApp.js" ;
+import { gMainApp, gAppConfig, gEventBus } from "./MainApp.js" ;
 import { findTargets, getPrimaryTarget, fixupSearchHilites } from "./utils.js" ;
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ gMainApp.component( "search-box", {
     <button @click="$emit('search',this.queryString)" ref="submit"> Go </button>
 </div>`,
 
+    created() {
+        // check if we should start off with a query (for debugging porpoises)
+        gEventBus.on( "app-loaded", () => {
+            if ( gAppConfig.INITIAL_QUERY_STRING )
+                gEventBus.emit( "search-for", gAppConfig.INITIAL_QUERY_STRING ) ;
+        } ) ;
+        gEventBus.on( "search-for", (queryString) => {
+            // search for the specified query string
+            this.queryString = queryString ;
+            this.$refs.submit.click() ;
+        } ) ;
+    },
+
     mounted: function() {
         // initialize
         $( this.$refs.queryString ).addClass( "ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all" ) ;