Moved logic for searching for posts by multiple users/channels into the sql query

api/post_test.go

@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ func TestSearchPostsFromUser(t *testing.T) {
 	Client.Must(Client.JoinChannel(channel1.Id))
 	Client.Must(Client.JoinChannel(channel2.Id))
 
+	// wait for the join/leave messages to be created for user3 since they're done asynchronously
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
 	if result := Client.Must(Client.SearchPosts("from: " + user2.Username)).Data.(*model.PostList); len(result.Order) != 3 {
 		t.Fatalf("wrong number of posts returned %v", len(result.Order))
 	}

model/search_params.go

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type SearchParams struct {
-	Terms     string
-	IsHashtag bool
-	InChannel string
-	FromUser  string
+	Terms      string
+	IsHashtag  bool
+	InChannels []string
+	FromUsers  []string
 }
 
 var searchFlags = [...]string{"from", "channel", "in"}
@@ -106,45 +106,34 @@ func ParseSearchParams(text string) []*SearchParams {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(inChannels) == 0 {
-		inChannels = append(inChannels, "")
-	}
-	if len(fromUsers) == 0 {
-		fromUsers = append(fromUsers, "")
-	}
-
 	paramsList := []*SearchParams{}
 
-	for _, inChannel := range inChannels {
-		for _, fromUser := range fromUsers {
-			if len(plainTerms) > 0 {
-				paramsList = append(paramsList, &SearchParams{
-					Terms:     plainTerms,
-					IsHashtag: false,
-					InChannel: inChannel,
-					FromUser:  fromUser,
-				})
-			}
+	if len(plainTerms) > 0 {
+		paramsList = append(paramsList, &SearchParams{
+			Terms:      plainTerms,
+			IsHashtag:  false,
+			InChannels: inChannels,
+			FromUsers:  fromUsers,
+		})
+	}
 
-			if len(hashtagTerms) > 0 {
-				paramsList = append(paramsList, &SearchParams{
-					Terms:     hashtagTerms,
-					IsHashtag: true,
-					InChannel: inChannel,
-					FromUser:  fromUser,
-				})
-			}
+	if len(hashtagTerms) > 0 {
+		paramsList = append(paramsList, &SearchParams{
+			Terms:      hashtagTerms,
+			IsHashtag:  true,
+			InChannels: inChannels,
+			FromUsers:  fromUsers,
+		})
+	}
 
-			// special case for when no terms are specified but we still have a filter
-			if len(plainTerms) == 0 && len(hashtagTerms) == 0 {
-				paramsList = append(paramsList, &SearchParams{
-					Terms:     "",
-					IsHashtag: true,
-					InChannel: inChannel,
-					FromUser:  fromUser,
-				})
-			}
-		}
+	// special case for when no terms are specified but we still have a filter
+	if len(plainTerms) == 0 && len(hashtagTerms) == 0 {
+		paramsList = append(paramsList, &SearchParams{
+			Terms:      "",
+			IsHashtag:  true,
+			InChannels: inChannels,
+			FromUsers:  fromUsers,
+		})
 	}
 
 	return paramsList

store/sql_post_store.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mattermost/platform/model"
@@ -413,10 +414,15 @@ func (s SqlPostStore) Search(teamId string, userId string, params *model.SearchP
 	go func() {
 		result := StoreResult{}
 
+		queryParams := map[string]interface{}{
+			"TeamId": teamId,
+			"UserId": userId,
+		}
+
 		termMap := map[string]bool{}
 		terms := params.Terms
 
-		if terms == "" && params.InChannel == "" && params.FromUser == "" {
+		if terms == "" && len(params.InChannels) == 0 && len(params.FromUsers) == 0 {
 			result.Data = []*model.Post{}
 			storeChannel <- result
 			return
@@ -468,13 +474,45 @@ func (s SqlPostStore) Search(teamId string, userId string, params *model.SearchP
 				ORDER BY CreateAt DESC
 			LIMIT 100`
 
-		if params.InChannel != "" {
+		if len(params.InChannels) > 1 {
+			inClause := ":InChannel0"
+			queryParams["InChannel0"] = params.InChannels[0]
+
+			for i := 1; i < len(params.InChannels); i++ {
+				paramName := "InChannel" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10)
+				inClause += ", :" + paramName
+				queryParams[paramName] = params.InChannels[i]
+			}
+
+			searchQuery = strings.Replace(searchQuery, "CHANNEL_FILTER", "AND Name IN ("+inClause+")", 1)
+		} else if len(params.InChannels) == 1 {
+			queryParams["InChannel"] = params.InChannels[0]
 			searchQuery = strings.Replace(searchQuery, "CHANNEL_FILTER", "AND Name = :InChannel", 1)
 		} else {
 			searchQuery = strings.Replace(searchQuery, "CHANNEL_FILTER", "", 1)
 		}
 
-		if params.FromUser != "" {
+		if len(params.FromUsers) > 1 {
+			inClause := ":FromUser0"
+			queryParams["FromUser0"] = params.FromUsers[0]
+
+			for i := 1; i < len(params.FromUsers); i++ {
+				paramName := "FromUser" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10)
+				inClause += ", :" + paramName
+				queryParams[paramName] = params.FromUsers[i]
+			}
+
+			searchQuery = strings.Replace(searchQuery, "POST_FILTER", `
+				AND UserId IN (
+					SELECT
+						Id
+					FROM
+						Users
+					WHERE
+						TeamId = :TeamId
+						AND Username IN (`+inClause+`))`, 1)
+		} else if len(params.FromUsers) == 1 {
+			queryParams["FromUser"] = params.FromUsers[0]
 			searchQuery = strings.Replace(searchQuery, "POST_FILTER", `
 				AND UserId IN (
 					SELECT
@@ -506,13 +544,7 @@ func (s SqlPostStore) Search(teamId string, userId string, params *model.SearchP
 			searchQuery = strings.Replace(searchQuery, "SEARCH_CLAUSE", searchClause, 1)
 		}
 
-		queryParams := map[string]interface{}{
-			"TeamId":    teamId,
-			"UserId":    userId,
-			"Terms":     terms,
-			"InChannel": params.InChannel,
-			"FromUser":  params.FromUser,
-		}
+		queryParams["Terms"] = terms
 
 		_, err := s.GetReplica().Select(&posts, searchQuery, queryParams)
 		if err != nil {