backend: update author API endpoint

backend/src/app/api/v0/authors/search/route.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const sdk = require('node-appwrite');
+const sdk = require("node-appwrite");
 
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { Query } from "appwrite";
@@ -10,25 +10,41 @@ const databases = new sdk.Databases(client);
 const MAIN_DB_ID = process.env.mainDBID;
 const AUTHOR_COLLECTION_ID = process.env.authorCollectionID;
 
+function construct_development_api_response(
+  message: string,
+  response_name: string,
+  response_data: any,
+) {
+  return NextResponse.json(
+    {
+      message,
+      warning:
+        "You are calling a development API! The schema may change without warning.",
+      [response_name]: response_data,
+    },
+    { status: 200 },
+  );
+}
+
 export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
-    const name = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("name");
-
-    if (!name) {
-        return NextResponse.json(
-            { message: `Parameters not supplied.` },
-            { status: 400 }
-        );
-    }
-
-    let db_query = await databases.listDocuments(
-        MAIN_DB_ID, AUTHOR_COLLECTION_ID,
-        [
-            Query.equal('name', name as string)
-        ]
-    );
+  const name = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("name");
 
+  if (!name) {
     return NextResponse.json(
-        { message: `DB search results for: ${name}`, db_query },
-        { status: 200 }
+      { message: `Parameters not supplied.` },
+      { status: 400 },
     );
+  }
+
+  let db_query = await databases.listDocuments(
+    MAIN_DB_ID,
+    AUTHOR_COLLECTION_ID,
+    [Query.equal("name", name as string)],
+  );
+
+  return construct_development_api_response(
+    `DB search results for: ${name}`,
+    "results",
+    db_query,
+  );
 }