Abort previous search requests

webclient/package.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "localforage": "^1.7.3",
     "moment": "^2.24.0",
     "query-string": "^6.8.3",

webclient/src/Results.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
 import { sourceLink, infoLine } from './utils.js';
+import AbortController from 'abort-controller';
 
 class Results extends React.Component {
 	constructor(props) {
@@ -12,18 +13,28 @@ class Results extends React.Component {
 			error: false,
 		};
 
+		this.controller = null;
 	}
 
 	performSearch = () => {
+		if (this.controller) {
+			this.controller.abort();
+		}
+
+		this.controller = new AbortController();
+		const signal = this.controller.signal;
+
 		const search = this.props.location.search;
-		fetch('/api/search' + search)
+		fetch('/api/search' + search, { method: 'get', signal: signal })
 			.then(res => res.json())
 			.then(
 				(result) => {
 					this.setState({ stories: result.results });
 				},
 				(error) => {
-					this.setState({ error: true });
+					if (error.message !== 'The operation was aborted. ') {
+						this.setState({ error: true });
+					}
 				}
 			);
 	}

webclient/yarn.lock

@@ -1395,6 +1395,13 @@ abbrev@1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz#f8f2c887ad10bf67f634f005b6987fed3179aac8"
   integrity sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==
 
+abort-controller@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-3.0.0.tgz#eaf54d53b62bae4138e809ca225c8439a6efb392"
+  integrity sha512-h8lQ8tacZYnR3vNQTgibj+tODHI5/+l06Au2Pcriv/Gmet0eaj4TwWH41sO9wnHDiQsEj19q0drzdWdeAHtweg==
+  dependencies:
+    event-target-shim "^5.0.0"
+
 accepts@~1.3.4, accepts@~1.3.5, accepts@~1.3.7:
   version "1.3.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/accepts/-/accepts-1.3.7.tgz#531bc726517a3b2b41f850021c6cc15eaab507cd"
@@ -3652,6 +3659,11 @@ etag@~1.8.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/etag/-/etag-1.8.1.tgz#41ae2eeb65efa62268aebfea83ac7d79299b0887"
   integrity sha1-Qa4u62XvpiJorr/qg6x9eSmbCIc=
 
+event-target-shim@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/event-target-shim/-/event-target-shim-5.0.1.tgz#5d4d3ebdf9583d63a5333ce2deb7480ab2b05789"
+  integrity sha512-i/2XbnSz/uxRCU6+NdVJgKWDTM427+MqYbkQzD321DuCQJUqOuJKIA0IM2+W2xtYHdKOmZ4dR6fExsd4SXL+WQ==
+
 eventemitter3@^3.0.0:
   version "3.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-3.1.2.tgz#2d3d48f9c346698fce83a85d7d664e98535df6e7"