Merge pull request #1112 from bookwyrm-social/search-null-state

Fixes search null state view

bookwyrm/tests/views/test_search.py

@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ class Views(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(data[0]["title"], "Test Book")
         self.assertEqual(data[0]["key"], "https://%s/book/%d" % (DOMAIN, self.book.id))
 
+    def test_search_no_query(self):
+        """just the search page"""
+        view = views.Search.as_view()
+        # we need a connector for this, sorry
+        request = self.factory.get("")
+        with patch("bookwyrm.views.search.is_api_request") as is_api:
+            is_api.return_value = False
+            response = view(request)
+        self.assertIsInstance(response, TemplateResponse)
+        response.render()
+
     def test_search_books(self):
         """searches remote connectors"""
         view = views.Search.as_view()

bookwyrm/views/search.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Search(View):
             )
             return JsonResponse([r.json() for r in book_results], safe=False)
 
-        if not search_type:
+        if query and not search_type:
             search_type = "user" if "@" in query else "book"
 
         endpoints = {