Add author search functionality and display latest affiliation in author detail view

core/templates/author/detail.html

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {% block title %}{{ item.name }}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <h2>{{ item.name }}</h2>
+<p><strong>Latest Affiliation:</strong> {{ affiliation }}</p>
 
 <p><strong>Research Profile:</strong>
     <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q={{ item.name|urlencode }}" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a> |

core/templates/home.html

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 <input type="text" id="search-input" placeholder="Type something..." autocomplete="off" />
 <ul id="results-list"></ul>
 
+<h2>Search Authors</h2>
+<input type="text" id="author-search-input" placeholder="Type an author's name..." autocomplete="off" />
+<ul id="author-results-list"></ul>
+
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block js %}
@@ -39,5 +43,32 @@
       resultsList.appendChild(li)
     })
   })
+
+  const authorInput = document.getElementById('author-search-input')
+  const authorResultsList = document.getElementById('author-results-list')
+
+  authorInput.addEventListener('input', async () => {
+    const query = authorInput.value.trim()
+    if (!query) {
+      authorResultsList.innerHTML = ''
+      return
+    }
+
+    const res = await fetch(`/search_author/?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`)
+    const data = await res.json()
+
+    authorResultsList.innerHTML = ''
+    data.results.forEach((item) => {
+      const li = document.createElement('li')
+
+      const link = document.createElement('a')
+      link.href = `/author/${item.id}/`
+      link.textContent = item.text
+      link.style.textDecoration = 'none'
+      link.style.color = 'black'
+      li.appendChild(link)
+      authorResultsList.appendChild(li)
+    })
+  })
 </script>
 {% endblock %}

core/urls.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.urls import path
 from .views import home_page, search_hierarchy, refresh_author_db_view, domain_list, domain_detail
 from .views import field_list, field_detail, subfield_list, subfield_detail
-from .views import topic_list, topic_detail, author_detail
+from .views import topic_list, topic_detail, author_detail, search_author
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('topic/<str:pk>/', topic_detail, name='topic_detail'),
 
     path('author/<str:pk>/', author_detail, name='author_detail'),
+
+    path('search_author/', search_author, name='search_author'),
 ]

core/views.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 # Import Author model
 from .models import Domain, Field, Subfield, Topic, AuthorTopic, Author
 from django.http import JsonResponse, HttpResponse
+from django.db.models import Q
 
 from BridgeMentor.utils import refresh_author_db
 
@@ -40,6 +41,29 @@ def search_hierarchy(request):
     return JsonResponse({"results": sorted(results, key=lambda x: x["text"].lower())[:10]})
 
 
+def search_author(request):
+    q = request.GET.get("q", "").strip()
+    if not q:
+        return JsonResponse({"results": []})
+
+    results = []
+
+    authors = Author.objects.filter(
+        name__icontains=q
+    ) | Author.objects.filter(
+        name__regex=rf'\b{q}\b'
+    )
+
+    for author in authors:
+        last_affiliation = author.affiliations.filter(
+            is_last_known=True).select_related('institution').first()
+        affiliation = last_affiliation.institution.name if last_affiliation else "No affiliation"
+        results.append(
+            {"id": author.id, "text": f"{author.name} ({affiliation})"})
+
+    return JsonResponse({"results": sorted(results, key=lambda x: x["text"].lower())[:10]})
+
+
 # Domain views
 
 
@@ -102,4 +126,9 @@ def topic_detail(request, pk):
 def author_detail(request, pk):
     author = get_object_or_404(Author, pk=pk)
     topics = AuthorTopic.objects.filter(author=author).select_related('topic')
-    return render(request, 'author/detail.html', {'item': author, 'topics': topics})
+    last_affiliation = author.affiliations.filter(
+        is_last_known=True).select_related('institution').first()
+    affiliation = last_affiliation.institution.name if last_affiliation else "No affiliation"
+    return render(request, 'author/detail.html', {'item': author,
+                                                  'affiliation': affiliation,
+                                                  'topics': topics})