Implement POST route in search method (#131)

Implement POST route in search method

Author: eskombro

meilisearch/index.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import urllib
 from datetime import datetime
 from time import sleep
@@ -239,24 +238,18 @@ def search(self, query, opt_params=None):
         results: `dict`
             Dictionnary with hits, offset, limit, processingTime and initial query
         """
-        # Query parameters parsing
         if opt_params is None:
             opt_params = {}
-        for key in opt_params:
-            if key in ('facetsDistribution', 'facetFilters'):
-                opt_params[key] = json.dumps(opt_params[key])
-            elif isinstance(opt_params[key], list):
-                opt_params[key] = ','.join(opt_params[key])
-        params = {
+        body = {
             'q': query,
             **opt_params
         }
-        return self.http.get(
-            '{}/{}/{}?{}'.format(
+        return self.http.post(
+            '{}/{}/{}'.format(
                 self.config.paths.index,
                 self.uid,
-                self.config.paths.search,
-                urllib.parse.urlencode(params))
+                self.config.paths.search),
+            body=body
         )
 
     def get_document(self, document_id):

meilisearch/tests/index/test_index_search_meilisearch.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_custom_search(self):
         response = self.index.search(
             'Dragon',
             {
-                'attributesToHighlight': 'title'
+                'attributesToHighlight': ['title']
             }
         )
         assert isinstance(response, object)
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def test_custom_search_params_with_wildcard(self):
             'a',
             {
                 'limit': 5,
-                'attributesToHighlight': '*',
-                'attributesToRetrieve': '*',
-                'attributesToCrop': '*',
+                'attributesToHighlight': ['*'],
+                'attributesToRetrieve': ['*'],
+                'attributesToCrop': ['*'],
             }
         )
         assert isinstance(response, object)
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ def test_custom_search_params_with_simple_string(self):
             'a',
             {
                 'limit': 5,
-                'attributesToHighlight': 'title',
-                'attributesToRetrieve': 'title',
-                'attributesToCrop': 'title',
+                'attributesToHighlight': ['title'],
+                'attributesToRetrieve': ['title'],
+                'attributesToCrop': ['title'],
             }
         )
         assert isinstance(response, object)