Updated serverside hashtag regex to ignore more punctuation around words

model/search_params.go

@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ func splitWordsNoQuotes(text string) []string {
 	words := []string{}
 
 	for _, word := range strings.Fields(text) {
-		word = puncStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
-		word = puncEnd.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
-
-		if len(word) != 0 {
-			words = append(words, word)
-		}
+		words = append(words, word)
 	}
 
 	return words
@@ -94,7 +89,16 @@ func parseSearchFlags(input []string) ([]string, [][2]string) {
 		}
 
 		if !isFlag {
-			words = append(words, word)
+			// trim off surrounding punctuation
+			word = puncStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
+			word = puncEnd.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
+
+			// and remove extra pound #s
+			word = hashtagStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "#")
+
+			if len(word) != 0 {
+				words = append(words, word)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

model/search_params_test.go

@@ -118,19 +118,19 @@ func TestParseSearchFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect flags %v", flags)
 	}
 
-	if words, flags := parseSearchFlags(splitWords("fruit: cherry")); len(words) != 2 || words[0] != "fruit:" || words[1] != "cherry" {
+	if words, flags := parseSearchFlags(splitWords("fruit: cherry")); len(words) != 2 || words[0] != "fruit" || words[1] != "cherry" {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect words %v", words)
 	} else if len(flags) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect flags %v", flags)
 	}
 
-	if words, flags := parseSearchFlags(splitWords("channel:")); len(words) != 1 || words[0] != "channel:" {
+	if words, flags := parseSearchFlags(splitWords("channel:")); len(words) != 1 || words[0] != "channel" {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect words %v", words)
 	} else if len(flags) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect flags %v", flags)
 	}
 
-	if words, flags := parseSearchFlags(splitWords("channel: first in: second from:")); len(words) != 1 || words[0] != "from:" {
+	if words, flags := parseSearchFlags(splitWords("channel: first in: second from:")); len(words) != 1 || words[0] != "from" {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect words %v", words)
 	} else if len(flags) != 2 || flags[0][0] != "channel" || flags[0][1] != "first" || flags[1][0] != "in" || flags[1][1] != "second" {
 		t.Fatalf("got incorrect flags %v", flags)
@@ -212,4 +212,8 @@ func TestParseSearchParams(t *testing.T) {
 	if sp := ParseSearchParams("testing in:channel from:someone"); len(sp) != 1 || sp[0].Terms != "testing" || len(sp[0].InChannels) != 1 || sp[0].InChannels[0] != "channel" || len(sp[0].FromUsers) != 1 || sp[0].FromUsers[0] != "someone" {
 		t.Fatalf("Incorrect output from parse search params: %v", sp[0])
 	}
+
+	if sp := ParseSearchParams("##hashtag +#plus+"); len(sp) != 1 || sp[0].Terms != "#hashtag #plus" || sp[0].IsHashtag != true || len(sp[0].InChannels) != 0 || len(sp[0].FromUsers) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Incorrect output from parse search params: %v", sp[0])
+	}
 }

model/utils.go

@@ -298,8 +298,9 @@ func Etag(parts ...interface{}) string {
 }
 
 var validHashtag = regexp.MustCompile(`^(#[A-Za-zäöüÄÖÜß]+[A-Za-z0-9äöüÄÖÜß_\-]*[A-Za-z0-9äöüÄÖÜß])$`)
-var puncStart = regexp.MustCompile(`^[.,()&$!\?\[\]{}':;\\]+`)
-var puncEnd = regexp.MustCompile(`[.,()&$#!\?\[\]{}';\\]+$`)
+var puncStart = regexp.MustCompile(`^[.,()&$!\?\[\]{}':;\\<>\-+=%^*|]+`)
+var hashtagStart = regexp.MustCompile(`^#{2,}`)
+var puncEnd = regexp.MustCompile(`[.,()&$#!\?\[\]{}':;\\<>\-+=%^*|]+$`)
 
 func ParseHashtags(text string) (string, string) {
 	words := strings.Fields(text)
@@ -307,8 +308,13 @@ func ParseHashtags(text string) (string, string) {
 	hashtagString := ""
 	plainString := ""
 	for _, word := range words {
+		// trim off surrounding punctuation
 		word = puncStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
 		word = puncEnd.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
+
+		// and remove extra pound #s
+		word = hashtagStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "#")
+
 		if validHashtag.MatchString(word) {
 			hashtagString += " " + word
 		} else {

model/utils_test.go

@@ -83,19 +83,34 @@ func TestEtag(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var hashtags map[string]string = map[string]string{
-	"#test":         "#test",
-	"test":          "",
-	"#test123":      "#test123",
-	"#123test123":   "",
-	"#test-test":    "#test-test",
-	"#test?":        "#test",
-	"hi #there":     "#there",
-	"#bug #idea":    "#bug #idea",
-	"#bug or #gif!": "#bug #gif",
-	"#hüllo":        "#hüllo",
-	"#?test":        "",
-	"#-test":        "",
-	"#yo_yo":        "#yo_yo",
+	"#test":           "#test",
+	"test":            "",
+	"#test123":        "#test123",
+	"#123test123":     "",
+	"#test-test":      "#test-test",
+	"#test?":          "#test",
+	"hi #there":       "#there",
+	"#bug #idea":      "#bug #idea",
+	"#bug or #gif!":   "#bug #gif",
+	"#hüllo":          "#hüllo",
+	"#?test":          "",
+	"#-test":          "",
+	"#yo_yo":          "#yo_yo",
+	"(#brakets)":      "#brakets",
+	")#stekarb(":      "#stekarb",
+	"<#less_than<":    "#less_than",
+	">#greater_than>": "#greater_than",
+	"-#minus-":        "#minus",
+	"+#plus+":         "#plus",
+	"=#equals=":       "#equals",
+	"%#pct%":          "#pct",
+	"&#and&":          "#and",
+	"^#hat^":          "#hat",
+	"##brown#":        "#brown",
+	"*#star*":         "#star",
+	"|#pipe|":         "#pipe",
+	":#colon:":        "#colon",
+	";#semi;":         "#semi",
 }
 
 func TestParseHashtags(t *testing.T) {