Build configurable search string.mcquin/bugfix/search-filtering

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/search/query.rb b/lib/chef/search/query.rb
index b68749f196..8656e810db 100644
--- a/lib/chef/search/query.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/search/query.rb
@@ -124,8 +124,16 @@ WARNDEP
         s && URI.escape(s.to_s)
       end
 
+      def create_query_string(type, query, rows, start, sort)
+        qstr = "search/#{type}?q=#{escape(query)}"
+        qstr += "&sort=#{escape(sort)}" if sort
+        qstr += "&start=#{escape(start)}" if start
+        qstr += "&rows=#{escape(rows)}" if rows
+        qstr
+      end
+
       def call_rest_service(type, query:'*:*', rows:nil, start:0, sort:'X_CHEF_id_CHEF_X asc', filter_result:nil)
-        query_string = "search/#{type}?q=#{escape(query)}&sort=#{escape(sort)}&start=#{escape(start)}#{"&rows=" + escape(rows) if rows}"
+        query_string = create_query_string(type, query, rows, start, sort)
 
         if filter_result
           response = rest.post_rest(query_string, filter_result)