index.js

'use strict';

// Main job is to check pads periodically for activity and notify owners
// when someone begins editing and when someone finishes.
const db = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/DB').db;
const async = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/async');

// Settings -- EDIT THESE IN settings.json not here..
// var pluginSettings = settings.ep_search;
// var checkFrequency = pluginSettings.checkFrequency || 60000; // 10 seconds

exports.registerRoute = (hookName, args, cb) => {
  args.app.get('/search', (req, res) => {
    const searchString = req.query.query;
    const result = {};

    db.findKeys('pad:*', '*:*:*', (err, pads) => { // get all pads
      async.forEachSeries(pads, (pad, callback) => {
        db.get(pad, (err, padData) => { // get the pad contents
          const padText = padData.atext.text || '';
          // does searchString exist in aText?
          if (padText.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString.toLowerCase()) !== -1) {
            result.pad = pad;
          }
          callback();
        });
      }, (err) => {
        res.send(JSON.stringify(result));
      });
    });
  });
  cb(null);
};