fix: remove formatSearch in favor of helper-fns

Author: rubiin

src/common/database/base.repository.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import { EntityRepository } from "@mikro-orm/postgresql";
 import { BadRequestException, NotFoundException } from "@nestjs/common";
 import type { Observable } from "rxjs";
 import { from, map, of, switchMap, throwError } from "rxjs";
+import { formatSearch } from "helper-fns";
 import type { BaseEntity } from "./base.entity";
 
-import { translate } from "@lib/i18n";
-import { HelperService } from "@common/helpers";
 import type {
   CursorPaginationResponse,
   OppositeOrder,
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   getOppositeOrder,
   getQueryOrder,
 } from "@common/@types";
+import { translate } from "@lib/i18n";
 
 export class BaseRepository<T extends BaseEntity> extends EntityRepository<T> {
   private readonly encoding: BufferEncoding = "base64";
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export class BaseRepository<T extends BaseEntity> extends EntityRepository<T> {
     if (search) {
       qb.andWhere({
         [searchField]: {
-          $ilike: HelperService.formatSearch(search),
+          $ilike: formatSearch(search),
         },
       });
     }
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ export class BaseRepository<T extends BaseEntity> extends EntityRepository<T> {
     if (search && searchField) {
       qb.andWhere({
         [searchField]: {
-          $ilike: HelperService.formatSearch(search),
+          $ilike: formatSearch(search),
         },
       });
     }

src/common/helpers/helpers.utils.ts

@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ directory of the module. */
     return process.env.NODE_ENV === "prod" ? join(currentDirectory, "dist") : currentDirectory;
   },
 
-  /* The `formatSearch` function is used to format a search string for use in a database query. */
-  formatSearch(search: string): string {
-    return `%${search.trim().replaceAll("\n", " ").replaceAll(/\s\s+/g, " ").toLowerCase()}%`;
-  },
 
   /* The `hashString` function is used to hash a user's password using the Argon2 algorithm. It takes a
 user's password as input and returns a promise that resolves to the hashed password as a string. The