Controllers+JS: Change the blog search to a POST request

app/controllers/BlogController.php

@@ -9,29 +9,23 @@ class BlogController extends PageController {
 	public function indexAction(): void
 	{
 		$archived = $this->router->request()->param('archived', 0);
-		$query = $this->router->request()->param('search', '');
-		$posts = $this->search($query, $archived);
+		$search = $this->router->request()->param('search', '');
+		$posts = $this->search($search, $archived);
 
 		$this->defineHelpers();
 
-		$this->router->service()->search = $query;
+		// AJAX search request will only render the posts partial
+		if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
+			$this->router->service()->partial($this->views . '/partials/blog-posts.php', ['posts' => $posts]);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		$this->router->service()->posts = $posts;
+		$this->router->service()->search = $search;
 		$this->router->service()->injectView = $this->views . '/partials/blog-posts.php';
 		parent::view('blog', 'Hello');
 	}
 
-	public function searchAction(): void
-	{
-		$archived = $this->router->request()->param('archived', 0);
-		$query = $this->router->request()->param('query', '');
-		$posts = $this->search($query, $archived);
-
-		$this->defineHelpers();
-
-		$this->router->service()->posts = $posts;
-		$this->router->service()->partial($this->views . '/partials/blog-posts.php', $posts);
-	}
-
 	//-------------------------------------//
 
 	private function search(string $query = '', int $archived = 0): ?array

public/js/site.js

@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		var url = $(this).data("url");
 		var search = $(this).val();
 		if (search.length == 0 || search.length >= 3) {
-			fetch(url + '/search?query=' + encodeURIComponent(search))
+			fetch(url, {
+				method: 'POST',
+				body: 'search=' + encodeURIComponent(search),
+				headers: {
+					'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+				}
+			})
 				.then(response => response.text())
 				.then(data => {
 					$("#blog-posts").empty().append(data);

route.php

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ return [
 	['/robots.txt',                 'IndexController',    'robots'],
 	['/sitemap.xml',                'IndexController',    'sitemap'],
 	['/blog',                       'BlogController'],
-	['/blog/search',                'BlogController', 'search'],
 	['/login',                      'LoginController',    'login',    ['', 'Sign in', '']],
 	['/reset-password',             'LoginController',    'reset',    ['', 'Reset password', '']],
 	['/logout',                     'LoginController',    'logout'],