+BUGFIX: better matching for series, persons, places in our API

controllers/api_places.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func (p *PlacesAPI) Setup(router *router.Router[*core.RequestEvent], ia pagemode
 func (p *PlacesAPI) searchHandler(app core.App) HandleFunc {
 	return func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		query := strings.TrimSpace(e.Request.URL.Query().Get("q"))
+		queryLower := strings.ToLower(query)
 		limit := parseLimit(e.Request.URL.Query().Get("limit"))
 
 		results, err := dbmodels.SearchPlaces(app, query, limit)
@@ -55,6 +57,35 @@ func (p *PlacesAPI) searchHandler(app core.App) HandleFunc {
 			})
 		}
 
+		if queryLower != "" {
+			sort.SliceStable(results, func(i, j int) bool {
+				ai := results[i]
+				aj := results[j]
+				if ai == nil && aj == nil {
+					return false
+				}
+				if ai == nil {
+					return false
+				}
+				if aj == nil {
+					return true
+				}
+				aiName := strings.ToLower(ai.Name())
+				ajName := strings.ToLower(aj.Name())
+				aiExact := aiName == queryLower
+				ajExact := ajName == queryLower
+				if aiExact != ajExact {
+					return aiExact && !ajExact
+				}
+				aiPrefix := strings.HasPrefix(aiName, queryLower)
+				ajPrefix := strings.HasPrefix(ajName, queryLower)
+				if aiPrefix == ajPrefix {
+					return false
+				}
+				return aiPrefix && !ajPrefix
+			})
+		}
+
 		response := make([]map[string]string, 0, len(results))
 		for _, place := range results {
 			if place == nil {