item search endpoint

src/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use App\Enums\ModifiedEnum;
 use App\Enums\ResponseStatus;
 use App\Http\Requests\ItemRequest;
+use App\Http\Requests\SearchItemRequest;
 use App\Models\Item;
 use App\Traits\CommonTrait;
 
@@ -95,4 +96,21 @@ public function destroy(Item $item)
             null,
         );
     }
+
+    public function search(SearchItemRequest $request) {
+      $validated = $request->validated();
+      $search = $validated['search'];
+
+      $items = Item::where('name', 'like', "%{$search}%")
+        ->orWhere('description', 'like', "%{$search}%")
+        ->orWhere('category', 'like', "%{$search}%")
+        ->orWhere('ISBN', 'like', "%{$search}%")
+        ->get();
+
+      return $this->CommonResponse(
+        ResponseStatus::success,
+        'Search results',
+        $items
+      );
+    }
 }

src/app/Http/Requests/SearchItemRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use App\Models\Item;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class SearchItemRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     */
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        $user = auth()->user();
+        return $user->can('search', Item::class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationRule|array<mixed>|string>
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'search' => 'required|string|max:255'
+        ];
+    }
+}

src/routes/api.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Http\Controllers\ItemController;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,4 @@
 |
 */
 
-Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
-    return $request->user();
-});
+Route::post('/item/search', [ItemController::class, 'search']);