Update.

main.py

@@ -110,82 +110,109 @@ async def init_search_index():
     """)
     db.close()
 
-@app.get("/api/search")
-async def search_notes():
-    q = request.args.get("q", "")
-    tag = request.args.get("tag", "")
-    async with db_session() as db:
-        # Step 1: full‑text match → candidate note IDs
-        fts_rows = list(db.query("SELECT note_id FROM notes_fts WHERE notes_fts MATCH :query", query=q))
-        note_ids = {r["note_id"] for r in fts_rows}
-        if not note_ids:
-            return []  # early exit – no matches
-
-        # Step 2: optional tag filtering (intersection)
-        if tag:
-            tag = [t.strip() for t in tag if t.strip()]
-            if not tag:
-                raise HTTPException(400, "Tag filter provided but empty after stripping")
-            tagged_ids = {
-                nt["note_id"]
-                for t in tag
-                for nt in db['note_tags'].find(tag=t)
-            }
-            note_ids &= tagged_ids
-
-        # Fetch & serialize
-        rows = [db['notes'].find_one(id=nid) for nid in note_ids]
-        rows.sort(key=lambda r: r["updated_at"], reverse=True)
-        return [await _serialize_note(r) for r in rows if r]
-
 
 
 async def _serialize_note(row: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     if not row:
         return {}
     note_id = row["id"]
+    score = row.get("score")
     async with db_session() as db:
         atts = list(db['attachments'].find(note_id=note_id))
         tags = [rt["tag"] for rt in db['note_tags'].find(note_id=note_id)]
-        return {
+    result = {
-            "id": note_id,
+        "id": note_id,
-            "title": row.get("title", ""),
+        "title": row.get("title", ""),
-            "body": row.get("body", ""),
+        "body": row.get("body", ""),
-            "created_at": row.get("created_at"),
+        "created_at": row.get("created_at"),
-            "updated_at": row.get("updated_at"),
+        "updated_at": row.get("updated_at"),
-            "attachments": atts,
+        "attachments": atts,
-            "tags": tags,
+        "tags": tags,
-        }
+    }
+    if score is not None:
+        result["score"] = score
+    return result
 
 
 
+
+@app.get("/api/search")
+async def search_notes(q: str = "", tag: Optional[str] = None):
+    """
+    Full-text search with prefix matching and BM25 scoring.
+    Optional tag filter.
+    """
+    q = q.strip()
+    if not q:
+        return []
+    # build an FTS5 prefix query: each term appended with '*'
+    terms = [t for t in q.split() if t]
+    fts_query = " ".join(f"{t}*" for t in terms)
+
+    async with db_session() as db:
+        if tag:
+            rows = list(db.query("""
+                SELECT notes.*, bm25(notes_fts) AS score
+                FROM notes_fts
+                JOIN notes ON notes_fts.rowid = notes.id
+                JOIN note_tags ON notes.id = note_tags.note_id
+                WHERE notes_fts MATCH :q AND note_tags.tag = :tag
+                GROUP BY notes.id
+                ORDER BY score
+            """, q=fts_query, tag=tag))
+        else:
+            rows = list(db.query("""
+                SELECT notes.*, bm25(notes_fts) AS score
+                FROM notes_fts
+                JOIN notes ON notes_fts.rowid = notes.id
+                WHERE notes_fts MATCH :q
+                ORDER BY score
+            """, q=fts_query))
+
+    return [await _serialize_note(r) for r in rows]
+
+
 @app.get("/api/notes")
 async def list_notes(tag: Optional[str] = None, search: Optional[str] = None):
     """
-    List notes.  Supports:
+    List notes.
+    Supports:
      - ?tag=foo      to filter by tag
-     - ?search=term  to full-text-search title+body
+     - ?search=term  to full-text-search title+body with prefix & scoring
     """
     async with db_session() as db:
         if search:
-            # FTS5 MATCH query
+            terms = [t for t in search.split() if t]
-            rows = list(db.query(
+            fts_query = " ".join(f"{t}*" for t in terms)
-                "SELECT notes.* FROM notes_fts "
+            if tag:
-                "JOIN notes ON notes_fts.rowid = notes.id "
+                rows = list(db.query("""
-                "WHERE notes_fts MATCH :q",
+                    SELECT notes.*, bm25(notes_fts) AS score
-                q=search
+                    FROM notes_fts
-            ))
+                    JOIN notes ON notes_fts.rowid = notes.id
+                    JOIN note_tags ON notes.id = note_tags.note_id
+                    WHERE notes_fts MATCH :q AND note_tags.tag = :tag
+                    GROUP BY notes.id
+                    ORDER BY score
+                """, q=fts_query, tag=tag))
+            else:
+                rows = list(db.query("""
+                    SELECT notes.*, bm25(notes_fts) AS score
+                    FROM notes_fts
+                    JOIN notes ON notes_fts.rowid = notes.id
+                    WHERE notes_fts MATCH :q
+                    ORDER BY score
+                """, q=fts_query))
         elif tag:
             note_ids = [nt["note_id"] for nt in db['note_tags'].find(tag=tag)]
             rows = [db['notes'].find_one(id=nid) for nid in note_ids]
         else:
             rows = list(db['notes'].all())
 
-        # sort & serialize
+    # If no FTS scoring, sort by creation date
-        rows = [r for r in rows if r]
+    if rows and "score" not in rows[0]:
         rows.sort(key=lambda r: r["created_at"], reverse=True)
-        return [await _serialize_note(r) for r in rows]
 
+    return [await _serialize_note(r) for r in rows]
 
 
 @app.post("/api/notes")