Fixing accented search queries

Author: jaedb

src/app/app.js

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ angular.module('spotmop', [
 	 * Search
 	 **/
 	$scope.searchSubmit = function( query ){
-
+        
 		// track this navigation event
 		Analytics.trackEvent('Search', 'Performed search', query);
 

src/app/common/directives.js

@@ -470,6 +470,29 @@ angular.module('spotmop.directives', [])
 })
 
 
+// replace accented characters with their un-accented counterparts
+// Credit: https://gist.github.com/monkeymonk/ccf698e7b71ba22f098a
+.filter('stripAccents', function(){
+    return function (source) {
+        var accent = [
+            /[\300-\306]/g, /[\340-\346]/g, // A, a
+            /[\310-\313]/g, /[\350-\353]/g, // E, e
+            /[\314-\317]/g, /[\354-\357]/g, // I, i
+            /[\322-\330]/g, /[\362-\370]/g, // O, o
+            /[\331-\334]/g, /[\371-\374]/g, // U, u
+            /[\321]/g, /[\361]/g, // N, n
+            /[\307]/g, /[\347]/g, // C, c
+        ],
+        noaccent = ['A','a','E','e','I','i','O','o','U','u','N','n','C','c'];
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < accent.length; i++){
+            source = source.replace(accent[i], noaccent[i]);
+        }
+
+        return source;
+    };
+})
+
 // get the appropriate sized image
 .filter('thumbnailImage', function(){
 	return function( images ){

src/app/search/controller.js

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ angular.module('spotmop.search', [])
 /**
  * Main controller
  **/
-.controller('SearchController', function SearchController( $scope, $rootScope, $state, $stateParams, $timeout, SpotifyService ){
+.controller('SearchController', function SearchController( $scope, $rootScope, $state, $stateParams, $timeout, $filter, SpotifyService ){
 
 	$scope.tracklist = {tracks: [], type: 'track'};
 	$scope.albums = [];
 	$scope.artists = [];
 	$scope.playlists = [];
 	$scope.type = $stateParams.type;
-	$scope.query = $stateParams.query;
+	$scope.query = $filter('stripAccents')( $stateParams.query );
 	$scope.loading = false;
 	var searchDelayer;