Eubopen search: do not fail if term is ''

app/blueprints/eubopen/search/controller.py

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def get_autocomplete_results():
     :return: the results for the autocomplete query
     """
     form_data = request.form
-    term = form_data.get('term')
+    raw_term = form_data.get('term', '*')
+    term = '*' if raw_term == '' else raw_term
 
     json_data = services.get_autocomplete_results(term)
     http_response = http_cache_utils.get_json_response_with_http_cache_headers(json_data)
@@ -32,5 +33,6 @@ def get_free_text_search_queries():
     :return: the queries corresponding to the search term
     """
     form_data = request.form
-    term = form_data.get('term')
+    raw_term = form_data.get('term', '*')
+    term = '*' if raw_term == '' else raw_term
     return services.get_search_results(term)

app/eubopen/search/suggestions/suggestions.py

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ Module with the functions to generate suggestions for eubopen
 from app.es_data import es_data
 from app.config import RUN_CONFIG
 from app.properties_configuration import properties_configuration_manager
+from app.cache.decorators import return_if_cached_results
 
 from utils import dict_property_access
 
 
+@return_if_cached_results({
+    'cache_key_generator': lambda *args, **kwargs: f'EUbOPEN-search-suggestion-{args[0]}',
+    'timeout': RUN_CONFIG.get('es_proxy_cache_seconds')
+})
 def get_suggestions_for_term(term):
     """
     :param term: term for which to do the suggestion